Murders are some of the vilest acts of crime in the world because it involves the intentional termination of another person’s life. And the world is not short of these heinous criminals as news of murders constantly hit the headlines around the globe. From the time of Jack the Ripper and the killing of former US President Abraham Lincoln to the recent murders of OJ Simpson’s wife and Jon Benet Ramsey, murders have fixated us, caught our attention and weirdly fascinated a lot of people.

Even just one act of murder should be considered as one too many. Yet, for a lot of countries, murders have become so common that thousands of this crime occur every year. Here is a list of the top 10 countries with the most murders every year. Some countries may be even worse than presented because their population is a lot smaller than the others. For example, though Colombia is only ninth in the list in terms of number of murders, the actual rate of killings for every 100,000 people is 29.9. India may be second on the list, but it does have a huge population and its murder rate for every 100,000 people is only 3.4.
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