[QUOTE]The number of killings in Scotland fell in the last year, figures from Scotland's chief statistician show.
A total of 90 people died in 88 incidents in the 12 months to March.
The number of killings was down by 28% over the last decade, with the number of cases falling 11% on the figures for 2010/11.
Just over half of the deaths involved a knife and 71 of the victims were men. A majority of the 124 people accused of homicide were also male.
Of that number, 52% were aged between 16 and 30.
In common with previous years, the figures showed most victims knew their killer.
The killer was an acquaintance of the victim in 60% of solved cases, while partners or ex-partners accounted for 14% of the deaths.
Of the 88 killings, 51 took place in Strathclyde, the country's largest police force area. Fifteen were in Glasgow, the lowest figure for the city in 10 years and a fall of 11 on the previous 12 months.
There were 10 killings in the Tayside force area, the highest for more than a decade.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-20219375[/url]
YAY! We aren't killing each other as much anymore!
just wait for someone to make a highlander reference
scotland is a nice place.
The thing is, although the killing rate has decreased, the amount of people getting [I]chibbed[/I] and [I]their heid kicked in[/I] increased [I] by a right fuck tonne, ken [/I]
[QUOTE=koeniginator;38342102]just wait for someone to make a highlander reference[/QUOTE]
Sounds like this sort of thing is going to end up with a lot of bad puns. Asking for them is always a double edged sword.
[QUOTE=minilandstan;38343426]Sounds like this sort of thing is going to end up with a lot of bad puns. Asking for them is always a double edged sword.[/QUOTE]
Perhaps we should put a limit on the number of puns allowed in each thread? For instance, something like there can be only one.
Hooray for us, I guess. Though there are still killings, which is always a problem.
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