2010 saw 139 murders

Figure Two: The Line Chart above shows the number of murders by month up to the end of December 2010.

Mysterious hit-men with high powered rifles, gun-slinging robbers and blade wielding attackers left a trail of bodies throughout 2010 taking the murder count to 139 by year end. More than half of these cases remain on the “to be solved” list of the Guyana Police Force (GPF).

As at December 31, 2010 Stabroek News recorded a