thursday bloody thursday

Ringo

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http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/lo...s-add-to-Dominican-Republics-chilling-figures
Santo Domingo.- On the same day with a bloody tally of 10 people killed violently nationwide -most of them at the hands of criminals to steal firearms and other belongings- several regional studies on crime rates released Thursday says Dominican Republic is one of the most violent countries and with the highest homicide rate.

The Global Peace Index?s latest report published June and another by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) ranks Dominican Republic 94th among Latin America?s most violent countries.

Among the deaths figure two stabbings and eight shootings, including Police sergeant Javier Mercedes, shot and killed by two men at a busy corner in the northern part of the city, where after a high speed chase, a patrol intercepted them, killing one suspect and wounding his alleged accomplice.

But challenging the chilling figures, the latest report by Dominican Republic?s Center for Public Safety (Observatorio) notes that the number of violent, intentional and unintentional deaths climbed just two percent in the first half in 2013, compared with the same 2012 period.
 

jkc

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http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/lo...s-add-to-Dominican-Republics-chilling-figures
Santo Domingo.- On the same day with a bloody tally of 10 people killed violently nationwide -most of them at the hands of criminals to steal firearms and other belongings- several regional studies on crime rates released Thursday says Dominican Republic is one of the most violent countries and with the highest homicide rate.

The Global Peace Index’s latest report published June and another by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) ranks Dominican Republic 94th among Latin America’s most violent countries.

Among the deaths figure two stabbings and eight shootings, including Police sergeant Javier Mercedes, shot and killed by two men at a busy corner in the northern part of the city, where after a high speed chase, a patrol intercepted them, killing one suspect and wounding his alleged accomplice.

But challenging the chilling figures, the latest report by Dominican Republic’s Center for Public Safety (Observatorio) notes that the number of violent, intentional and unintentional deaths climbed just two percent in the first half in 2013, compared with the same 2012 period.

Bad news for the TOURISM INDUSTRY! I wonder why the president of that country does not make COMBATTING CRIMES his main priority?
MAYBE, he is CLUELESS that the bad news could affect the ENTIRE ECONOMY?
Wow!
 

monfongo

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on Monday I was reading the paper coming back from sto dog and I read that 8 people in the cibao area got killed the day before , per capita this country is far more dangerous then the US! so get over it and quite making comparisons .
 

raquelbelle

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@monfongo...was just looking at the Global Peace Index scores and DR ranks more peaceful than the US by 5 scores, didn't read into what all the scoring factors were however...curious if you are going by statistics saying DR is far more dangerous, speaking of violent crime, or going off personal observation? Not challenging your statement, genuinely curious and trying to figure out if its apples to apples or apples to oranges with DR to US comparisons. :)
 

dv8

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if you were reading it on monday it must have referred to one of the days of the long weekend, i think :)
 

monfongo

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nationmaster.com , murder rate in DR 24 per 100,000 , US5.9 per 100,000 , violent crime ,DR556 per 100,000 , US146 per 100,000 , they do score better with prisoners per capita because they let them all walk here.