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Brazil broke its own record for homicides last year – according to new figures which showed that 63,880 people were killed in 2017 – a 3% increase from the previous year.
Data from the independent Brazilian Public Security Forum said that an average of 14 people died at the hands of police officers every day – an increase of 20% from the previous year.
Rapes also rose 8% to 60,018 – while murders of women increased 6.1% to 4,539.
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