Police minister presents quarterly crime statistics which show 6,424 people were killed
Murder in SA increased by 11.5% during the first quarter of the 2022/2023 financial year, said police minister Bheki Cele. Picture: 123RF/PRATHAANpolice minister Bheki Cele said on Friday.Cele said 6,424 people were killed in the first quarter, an increase of 664 compared with the same period last year whenThe main causes of murder were arguments and misunderstandings, retaliations and revenge, and vigilantism.
Cele said the stations that reported the highest murder rates were Umlazi in Durban and Plessislaer in Pietermaritzburg, in KwaZulu-Natal, and Mthatha in the Eastern Cape. Firearms are three times more likely to be the weapon of choice in all the reported murders, with 2,766 people shot dead. Police are also seeing a large number of multiple murders — where one person is responsible for more than one death — with 284 dockets opened for 664 victims.
KwaZulu-Natal had the highest recorded multiple murders, said Cele, followed by Gauteng and the Eastern Cape.women and children were killed in SA. Women and children made up 18% of the 6,424 murders with 13% being women.
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