America .. murders rise 35% during the Corona pandemic

American media said that 2021 was the deadliest in the history of the United States, and this is mainly due to the Corona pandemic, but the murder rate has also increased in several cities since 2020, according to the American television network "News Nation".

The latest data available from the government showed a 35% rise in gun homicides from 2019 to 2020, when 19,384 people were killed, the network said Saturday, citing a new study, according to Xinhua.

In times of financial stress and anxiety, gun sales tend to be boosted, as do violence and racial hostility, and as the pandemic spreads, there may be new pressures that have weighed on high homicide numbers, said Shaundra Kellan Lewis, a law professor at Texas Southern University.

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