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Cops shot dead 556 people last year

Cops shot dead 556 people last year
# 26 March 2010 00:27 (UTC +04:00)
Baku – APA. The police shot dead 556 people in 2008/2009, the highest number in 12 years, Beeld newspaper reported on Thursday, APA reports quoting iol.co.za web-page.

The report was quoting statistics released by the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD) at an Institute for Security Studies (ISS) event in Centurion.

In the year 2008/2009, the ICD said the police had shot dead 556 people, compared to 420 in 2007/2008.

That was a significant rise from years before - between 2003/2004 and 2006/2007, the number of people shot dead by the police ranged between 281 and 375.

In 1997/1998, the police shot dead 458 people.

Last year’s number was the highest in 12 years, the ISS session revealed.


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