Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Police spokesman Colonel Louay Irzeikat said that 45 citizens were killed as a result of 39 crimes from the beginning of the year until last September.

Irzeigat added, in a press interview with the official news agency, that the current year witnessed an increase in the murder rate by 29% compared to the previous year 2021, indicating that the highest crime rate was recorded in the Hebron Governorate, while similar crimes were not recorded in Ariha and Salfit. He explained that the police and the Public Prosecution They were able to uncover the circumstances of 29 murders and arrest the perpetrators.

He pointed out that some of the perpetrators of these crimes abused the victims.

Irzeigat attributed the reasons for the high rate of murders to the culture of violence that is being promoted through some dangerous and violent electronic games, incitement to violence on social media, and the impunity of some perpetrators of crimes due to family and clan cover.

Source: Wafa, the official news agency.