More murders in the Netherlands this year, but fewer in Amsterdam

After years of decline, there has been a large increase in the number of murders committed in the Netherlands in 2017, according to website Moordatlas and Elsevier magazine. Both have recorded 159 moorden so far this year, a rise of some 50 on a year ago, broadcaster NOS reported. ‘Last year we had the lowest number of murders ever,’ Elsevier crime writer Gerlof Leistra told NOS. ‘I cannot fathom why we should have such a big increase all of a...