Anonymous ID: 917627 Sept. 11, 2018, 2:55 p.m. No.2980254   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0359

S.Africa 'close to war zone' with 57 murders a day

 

South Africa's murder rate rose again last year, official statistics showed Tuesday, with over 20,000 killed across the country – about 57 a day – as police admitted they were struggling to keep control.

 

A total of 20,336 people were killed in the 12 months to March this year, up from 19,016 the previous year.

 

The numbers reflect a 6.9 percent year-on-year increase, one of the highest per capita since the end of apartheid 24 years ago.

 

"Fifty-seven a day, that's how South Africans are murdered. It borders close to the war zone while there is a peace, there is no war in South Africa," Police Minister Bheki Cele told reporters.

 

https://www.france24.com/en/20180911-safrica-close-war-zone-with-57-murders-day-minister