464,000 people killed in 2017 homicides

UNITED NATIONS, July 09 (AP): Some 464,000 homicides were recorded around the world in 2017, far more than the number pf people killed in armed conflicts and terrorist attacks, a U.N. report said on Monday.

The Global Study on Homicide 2919 published Monday said the region with highest number of homicide victims was the Americas.

But the report from the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime also had some good news. While the total number of people who suffered violent deaths has increased over 25 years, the global population has grown faster, so the risk of being killed in a homicide has declined.

There were 7.2 homicides per 100,000 people in 1972, but by 2017 that had declined to 6.1 victims per 100,000 people.

Yury Fedotov, executive director of the Vienna-based U.N. office, said the study "seeks to shed light on gender-related killings, lethal gang violence and other challenges, to support prevention and interventions to bring down homicide rates."