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International News Title: London murder rate beats New York for month as stabbings surge London became a bit more like New York City in February, but it's not a distinction to be proud of. The city of Big Ben and the tube overtook New York in murders for the first time in modern history as the British capital dealt with a surge in knife attacks. The Sunday Times reported 15 people were murdered in London, against 14 in New York. Both cities are very diverse with large populations: London has over 8.7 million residents to New York’s 8.5 million. In March, according to the British publication, there had been 22 killings in London versus 21 in New York. A massive decline in crime has helped to transform New York City: In 1990, of 2,245 people were murdered. Last year, however, that number dropped nearly 90 percent to 290 murders. The total number of murders in London has fluctuated over the years, but it’s risen by 38 percent since 2014. The Sunday Times reports that FBI data and crime studies show that since 1800 London has typically had a murder rate per person of between half and a 20th of New York’s. Including January, London still has fewer murders so far this year — 45 against 55 — and its total in 2017 was also lower. But the gap has narrowed in recent years. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said websites and mobile phone applications such as YouTube, Snapchat and Instagram were partially to blame for the bloodshed, the Evening Standard reports. Deadly stabbings in England and Wales are now at their highest levels since 2011, rising by 12 percent in the year ending December 2017. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Sleep with dogs, wake with fleas. Ban assault knives (anything capable of stabbing multiple times). Haaaaaaa... I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح #2. To: Justified (#0) Seems to show that gun bans really do keep guns off the street.
#3. To: Justified (#0) It's those damn white people! In the entire history of the world,the only nations that had to build walls to keep their own citizens from leaving were those with leftist governments. #4. To: Justified (#0) I wonder how their Moo deathcult mayor *really* feels about it?
#5. To: Pinguinite (#2) Seems to show that gun bans really do keep guns off the street. Ban all those damn knives! We do not need knives! ;) BTW gun crime in London is up 16%. LOL
#6. To: GrandIsland (#1) Sleep with dogs, wake with fleas. Ban assault knives (anything capable of stabbing multiple times). Yep!
#7. To: sneakypete (#3) It's those damn white people! Just like in South Afrika. Where ever they go crime soon to follow!
#8. To: Justified (#7) It's those damn white people! I've noticed that,too. It was their fault for bringing African tribes to South Africa,and then bringing in stuff the local tribesmen would want to steal. There was nothing there to steal before de ebil white mans showed up and dun made de bruthas want to steal it. Hit all bees de white debbils falts. In the entire history of the world,the only nations that had to build walls to keep their own citizens from leaving were those with leftist governments. #9. To: Justified (#5) BTW gun crime in London is up 16%. The new breed of british are really catching up with the times.
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