West Brabant defeats Amsterdam with homicide

Gepubliceerd op 1 januari 2016 om 12:51

Most murders were committed in 2015 in West Brabant and thus is Amsterdam deposed from her throne. West Brabant 17 people were slain, while there were 15 victims in the capital.

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It reports the AD. In nearly half the cases were crimes with a criminal background. The police also put a huge arms exposed between West Brabant and Amsterdam. Netherlands knew about 2015 in total 105 cases of murder and manslaughter, which caused 111 deaths. Thus the number of murders decreased by 24 compared to last year.

Record low Amsterdam

The record low for Amsterdam last year reached 15 victims. That is one less than the previous record which was put down in 2012. In that year the counter already at 14 linger, but there came a double liquidation on December 29 two victims. In 2014 the city fell into 24 deaths by murder and manslaughter.
The year before there were 23. The absolute low point was reached in 1998, when 65 people deceased at the consequences of violence.

by Ellen Bolderen / Metro.nl/ © Reuters

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