Dutch murder rate down to 10-year low in 2006
BRUSSELS, June 14 (Xinhua) -- The murder rate in the Netherlands
dropped to 1.0 per 100,000 people in 2006, the lowest level since
1996, the Dutch central statistics office (CBS) said Thursday.
In the country with a population of 16.3 million, 160 people fell
victim to murder or manslaughter last year, the office said, adding
that it was the third year in a row that the murder rate declined.
The reduction mainly occurred in the four largest cities --
Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and …
