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Armed Crime Rate Up in Guyana, Homicide Rate Unchanged
14 November 2012
Demerara Waves (Guyana)
Guyanese police are reporting a spike in armed robberies and a slight increase in murders and an 8.1 percent reduction in road fatalities.
In its latest update, the Guyana Police Force stated that robbery under arms has increased by 15% up to October 2012, with 854 reports compared to 744 for the same period in 2011.
The number of armed robberies involving the use of firearm at the end of October 2012 was 512 compared to 468 for the same period in 2011, an increase of... (GunPolicy.org)