Friday 11 April 2014

Honduras tops world's highest murder rate country

According to reporters in the United States on Thursday, Honduras tops the list of world's highest murder rate. Averagely, There are 90.4 homicides per 100,000 people in Honduras in 2012, The report has also  analysed the intentional homicides of about 437,000 people around the world in that year. Honduras has also took the first place back in 2011, according to the office's last report.

In the Americas, homicide rates have been higher than those of Europe and Asia since the mid-50s, The study described the situation as "the effects of consistent political and crime-related violence."

Source: CNN

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