Israel has higher murder rates than all but three European countries, a newspaper study found. Tabulating 2004 crime figures, Ha’aretz said Monday that Israel trailed only Scotland, Luxembourg and Holland in its rate of murder and attempted murder per capita. On Sunday, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon formed a government task force to deal with the spiraling crime rate.
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