Killings hit record high in 2021 as post-lockdown stress grew: UN
- The number of intentional and unlawful killings worldwide surged to a record high in 2021, driven partly by the stress and economic pressures of COVID-19 lockdowns.
- Gang or political violence, drug gangs, and economic repercussions of lockdowns contributed to the increase in homicides in countries like Ecuador, Mexico, and Myanmar.
- Latin America and the Caribbean had the highest homicide rates, with 8 out of the 10 countries with the highest rates located in these regions.
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Killings hit record high in 2021 as post-lockdown stress grew
The number of murders and other intentional killings surged to a record high across the world in 2021, driven in part by the stress and economic pressures of COVID-19 lockdowns, a U.N. report said on Friday.
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Global killings hit record high in 2021 as post-lockdown stress grew: UN
Gang and political violence globally, as well as ‘economic repercussions of Covid-related restrictions’ accounted for the higher figure in 2021.
Killings hit record high in 2021 as post-lockdown stress grew
VIENNA: The number of murders and other intentional killings surged to a record high across the world in 2021, driven in part by the stress and economic pressures of COVID-19 lockdowns, a UN report said on Friday. Around 458,000 people were killed intentionally, higher than the 400,000 to 450,000 recorded every year since researchers started collating the data in 2000, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Global Study on Homicid…
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