WORLD MURDER RECORD
Chile’s 2913 in 1932 Chile, according to recently published statistics, holds the world’s record for murders. During 1032 there were 2913 murders in a population of, roughly, 4,500,000. This is equivalent approximately to one murder every three hours. The comparative figures for the year are as follows:—
Total Murders per 10,000. Chile . 2,913 61 Brazil (Sao Paulo) 192 . 19.10 United States . . 10,617 8.50 Belgium . 1S6 «> Germany 1,223 1.88 France 620 L4S Spain ISO .74 Great Britain ., , • 151 .38 Holland 23 .03
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 111, 3 February 1934, Page 18
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84WORLD MURDER RECORD Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 111, 3 February 1934, Page 18
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