Ingushetia crime rates still high - prosecutor
MAGAS. Feb 28 (Interfax) - Crime rates remain high in the Republic of Ingushetia in Russia's North Caucasus despite a small decline, Ingush Prosecutor Pavel Belyakov said at a press conference in Magas.
"Sixty-three attempts were made on the life of officers of law enforcement agencies and servicemen over the review period, which is 65.7% more than in the same period the year before," he said.
Crimes committed in the republics claimed the life of 21 officers of law enforcement services and left another 44 injured, he said. Eight Armed Forces servicemen were killed and another nine were injured, as well as two civilians were killed and another 17 were injured.
A total of 103 small arms and more than 11,000 items of ammunition and explosive devices were confiscated in Ingushetia in 2012. Thirty-seven weapons caches were found, mostly in the republic's Sunzha district.
Thirty-seven militants were killed and another 26 were detained in eight counter-terrorism operations conducted in Ingushetia last year.
One terrorist attack was staged in Ingushetia in 2012. The republic saw no terrorist attacks in 2011.
Ingushetia's crime rates dropped 7.4% in 2012 year-on-year, the prosecutor said. However, the republic's crime rates per 100,000 residents grew 11.2% to 415 crimes, and local services' success in solving crimes saw a decline from 67% to 64.7% last year.
Crime prevention measures taken in 2012 were insufficient either, Belyakov said.
