The United States was haunted by serious violent crimes in 2012 with frequent occurrence of firearms-related criminal cases and with some shootings leaving astonishing casualties, says a report on the US human rights record released on Sunday.
According to statistics released by the FBI in September 2012, an estimated 1,203,564 violent crimes occurred in the US in 2011, about 386.3 violent crimes per 100,000 inhabitants, says the report, titled "the Human Rights Record of the United States in 2012," which was released by China's State Council Information Office.
Aggravated assaults accounted for 62.4 percent of violent crimes reported to law enforcement. And firearms were used in 67.7 percent of the nation's murders, 41.3 percent of robberies, and 21.2 percent in all crimes in the US, the report quotes the FBI figures as saying.
Figures from the USA Today's website showed that the violent crime rate went up 17 percent in 2011, the report says.
Statistics from the website of the Congressional Research service showed that an estimated 14,612 people fell victims of murder in 2011 and 9,903 of them were firearms-related murder victims, according to the report.
Highlights:
US-led military operations bring forth ecological disasters to other countries: report
US-led wars cause massive civilian casualties: report
US women victims of discrimination, poverty, sexual violence: report
US scores low on children's rights protection: report
Racial discrimination remains rampant in US: report
Ethnic Americans in poverty due to discrimination: report
Wealth gap growing in US: report
US election marked by political donations: report
Abuse of suspects, jail inmates common in US: report
US govt steps up surveillance of citizens: report
Firearms-related crimes pose serious threat to US citizens: report
US people's lives, personal security not duly protected: report
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