CAPE TOWN, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- More than 1,000 people were killed in South Africa's Western Cape Province between July and September this year, with Cape Town at the epicenter of the region's violent crime, according to the latest crime statistics.
Western Cape Police Commissioner Thembisile Patekile presented the provincial crime statistics for the third quarter of the year at a media briefing on Wednesday, which showed that 1,160 murders were recorded in the province during this period, marking a 9.1 percent increase compared to the same period last year. Attempted murder also increased by 4.8 percent to 1,157 cases.
