Sentence examples for increases in killings from inspiring English sources

The biggest increases in killings came earlier this year.

The rising murder rate has been driven by the sharp increase in killings in the Bronx, where 61 people were killed in the first three months of this year, compared with 38 last year, an increase of 60.5percentt.

Beyond that, the reasons for the increase in killings remain a mystery.

His murder was part of a recent increase in killings of union members in Colombia, with 17 already this year.

"In recent years we have witnessed not only an increase in killings of women but a continuing routine lack of effective investigations and justice".

Earlier Pinheiro confirmed that his commission had found an increased in killings, crimes and other abuses by rebels, including foreign fighters invoking jihad.

Some police officials also said that the increase in killings could merely be a statistical blip, for which no explanation would ever emerge.

But the violence of 2012 — a 16 percent increase in killings over the year before, even as overall crime in the city decreased — drew national attention to Chicago.

The increase in killings of coalition forces by Afghan soldiers raises questions about what future role the United States and its allies can expect to play in Afghanistan.

The additional killings in Manhattan correspond to a 5.42percentt increase in killings citywide over the same period last year, to 254 from 241, while overall reported serious crime has dropped 7.90percentt.

A 38.9percentt increase in killings in the Bronx -- even as overall crime in the borough declined slightly -- is pushing the citywide numbers up, and police officials said most of the increase came in the first quarter of the year.