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May 14, 2013 News
The interior district has overtaken Georgetown and its environs as the murder capital of Guyana so far for the year.
Up to April 30, there were 13 murders in the interior, followed by 11 in Georgetown and its environs.
While figures up to the reporting period at the end of April show that there were 36 murders, a similar number for the same period last year, there have been no less than seven other murders so far for this month alone.
Of the 36 murders, 14 were of the disorderly type, seven were committed during armed robberies, one was execution type, three were domestic related, while the other 11 are so far undetermined.
There was an overall decrease of two percent in serious crimes for the reporting period, in comparison to the same period last year.
The total number of reports of serious crimes made between January 1 and April 30, 2013 was 1,257 compared to 1,281 for the same period in 2012.
Some of the offences monitored are murder, robbery under arms, robbery with violence, larceny from the person, break and enter and larceny, burglary, rape and kidnapping.
According to the police at the end of April 2013 robbery under arms overall decreased by 16 percent, with 288 reports compared to 344 for the same period in 2012.
The statistics indicate a decrease of 12 percent in the number of armed robberies involving the use of firearms; and a 22 percent decrease in armed robberies where instruments other than firearms were used by the perpetrators.
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