India tops world murder count: report
Monday, June 02, 2008
NEW DELHI: India has earned the dubious distinction of being the country where maximum number of murders takes place in the world, three times more than its neighbour Pakistan and double the figures in United States.
There were more than 50 lakh incidents of crime reported in 2007-08, which included murder, rape and drug offences, a government report said.
There were 32,719 incidents of murder recorded in India, whereas there were 16,692 in the US and 9,631 in Pakistan, the report compiled by National Crime Records Bureau and released by the Union Home Ministry, said.
India was followed by South Africa, which registered 30,960 incidents of murders. Austria had recorded just 148 murders, whereas Israel registered 177 such incidents.
However, the rate (per lakh population) of murder and other crimes in India was much less compared to other countries. The murder and rape rate in India is three and four (per lakh population) respectively whereas South Africa recorded occurrence rates in the two categories as 65.27 and 115.8 respectively.
The number of rape cases was maximum in the US, which recorded 93,934 such assaults followed by South Africa 54,926 and India 18,359.
The data was compiled in 22 countries, which included Australia, Argentina, Austria, Bulgaria, Japan, Canada, England and Wales, Germany, Malaysia, New Zealand, Thailand and Sri Lanka besides others. In India, there were 44,159 incidents of sexual offence, 2,70,861 cases of serious assault and 22,814 robbery and violent theft-related incidents, the report said.
The maximum number of robbery related cases were reported in Japan which had registered 17,25,072 such counts.
The US topped the crime list with 2,31,13,708 total crime related incidents, whereas India registered overall 50,26,337 criminal cases.
Death toll in blast near Danish embassy in Islamabad rises to eight
Monday, June 02, 2008
ISLAMABAD: The death toll in a huge blast near Danish embassy in F-6 II area in the Red Zone of the federal capital Islamabad on Monday has reached to eight, while seven wounded said to be in a critical condition.
The car blast near the Denmark embassy damaged a boundary wall of the building, while nearby UNDP office premises were also damaged in the blast.
According to sources 10 to 15 kilogram explosives were used in the blast, which also shattered the vehicles parked in the area.
Huge clouds of smoke were seen over the area. The blast created four feet deep crater sources said.
Police have cordoned off the area to collect evidence about the incident.
Relief operations were underway and the wounded being transferred to hospitals.
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