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Gun Crime, Homicide Down, Weapon Seizures Up in Taiwan: Ministry
29 October 2007
Taipei Times / CNA
The number of gun crimes handled by law enforcement agencies around the country totaled 331 in the first nine months of this year, down by 30 percent, or 135 cases, from the year before, Ministry of the Interior officials said yesterday.
Most of the cases involved robbery, homicide, extortion, kidnapping, offenses against personal liberty and rape or assault and battery, in that order, ministry officials said.
Of the total, 281 were solved with the arrests of the... (GunPolicy.org)