And the Minister added that while they've been fighting gang related crime, domestic murders have been on the rise. He explained that now they must come up with strategies to tackle that. However, he believes they'll be able to have lower murder numbers this year.
Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs
"It has beanery challenging but as I mentioned to the commanders this morning, we have seen a decline, a substantial decline since 2020 each year going lower and lower. And of course, we always want to do better than the previous year and so that is what we will aim for in the last quarter of the year. The police will definitely increase their proactive measures in terms of preventing crime and also like the commissioner said, work along with the LIU and other agencies actively trying to stem the gang violence. I know that a lot of the murders that took place in 2024 have been domestic in nature and so we have to find a way to work along with members of the public in terms of creating greater awareness of domestic situations because I think that is certainly what is inflating the numbers this year. But I'm very confident moving towards the last quarter that we'll be able to com every close to the exceptional year that we had last year."
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