South Africans murders hit scary rate

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They kill folks here. Murder them at a bewildering rate.

Robbers kill their victims, bystanders kill criminals, family members kill each other.

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Gunbattles erupt on streets and in shopping malls. Passers-by whip out pistols and join in firefights between criminals and police or security guards. A recent flurry in high profile bloodshed even has police suggesting they are losing the fight with violent crime.

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Statistically a South African is 12 times as likely to be murdered than the average American and his chances of being killed are 50 times greater than if he lived in western Europe.

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Plans for South Africa to host soccer's next World Cup, in 2010, has focused international attention on the crime rate, with organizers having to answer questions not just about whether they'll have enough stadiums and hotel rooms, but whether the 350,000 foreign visitors expected for the monthlong tournament will be safe.

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南非凶杀率达到引起惊慌的程度

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抢劫者杀目击者，看热闹的杀凶犯，家庭成员互相残杀。。。。。。在南非，你必须时刻警惕

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在南非，遭谋杀的概率是美州的12倍，欧洲的50倍

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国际社会对于南非主办2010年世界杯的注意力已经集中于其犯罪率，组织者不仅要回答诸如知否有足够的场馆，还必须回答预计35万的国外访客在长达一个月的比赛期间是否安全

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In Johannesburg in June, cops and robbers shot it out for hours in what has become known as "the Jeppestown massacre." The gunmen killed four captured policemen, riddling their bodies with bullets. Two of the officers, knowing the end was near, died together, embracing each other as they were repeatedly shot. Eleven suspects were killed.

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Armed robbers also recently held up a children's soccer match at a private elementary school, holding the preteen players at gunpoint while accomplices stole cell phones, money and jewelry from parents and players.

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Shaun Dennison, the owner of a small hotel and a police reservist, said robbers often just shoot someone during a robbery so the first phone calls after they leave are for medical help rather than police.

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Several years ago, a robber held a gun to Dennison's head during a robbery at a used furniture store and pulled the trigger twice. Both times the gun misfired, he said, so the robber pistol whipped him and then ran with his five accomplices. Dennison pursued. 太可怕了，命真大

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类似的事情也曾经发生在我的同事身上，约堡，最危险的城市

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"We were just standing in the middle of the street shooting at each other. We kept shooting at each other until I killed one of them and the others tried to run away," he said.

He ended up killing three of the robbers and the other three escaped. One bystander was wounded. Dennison was briefly charged with murder but not arrested. Under South African law the charge was a technicality required until a magistrate ruled the deaths were justifiable homicide.

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当街对射，本来只有电影里才能看到的镜头，在南非并不稀罕