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Six Dead in 18 Months as Crocodiles Enjoy Gun-free Solomon Islands
19 September 2008
ABC Radio Australia (Shortwave)
Attempts to turn Solomon Islands into a gun-free society has had an unintended deadly side effect.
It's lead in part, to an increase in the number of fatal crocodile attacks.
Guns were banned on Solomon Islands following racial tensions and the arrival in 2003 of the Australian lead Regional Assistance Mission, RAMSI.
Solomon Islands Acting Police Commissioner, Peter Marshall, has told Radio Australia at least six people have been killed by crocodiles in the past 18... (GunPolicy.org)