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Amsterdam leads murder league

Wednesday 30 December 2009

Amsterdam is the murder capital of the Netherlands with 31 unlawful killings in 2009, up from 19 in 2008, according to new police figures.

Five of the dead were Albanian nationals, ANP reported. In total, 20 people have been arrested in connection with the deaths.

The murder rate in The Hague also went up sharply last year, from just eight in 2008 to 17. All but two cases have been solved.

In the Rotterdam region there were 24 murders this year, compared with 22 in 2008. None of the killings appeared to be gang related, police told ANP.

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Is there something like a "lawful" killing? May the editor replace "unlawful killings" with simply "murder"

By elton | December 30, 2009 3:30 PM

it is still one of the lowest in the world tho, Amsterdam is one of the safest cities in the world

By adhd | December 30, 2009 4:06 PM

I come from Memphis and the annual rate for Amsterdam is more like a weekly rate there!

By Bob | December 30, 2009 6:56 PM

RE: elton

Cause all of them might not be murder, it could just as well manslaughter.

By Stefan | December 31, 2009 11:53 AM

A "lawful killing" is a court ordered execution, police using deadly force to end a situation, soldiers in battle... @Bob, look at Los Angeles, Oakland, Newark... They have that many in a day!

By Paul Martin | December 31, 2009 12:38 PM

Does this include honor killings?

By Adrian | December 31, 2009 8:37 PM

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