WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Violent crime jumped nearly 15 percent in America’s biggest cities last year, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced Monday, amid an increase in murders in large cities ravaged by gangs. In its annual “Crime in the United States” report, the FBI counted an estimated 1,248,185 violent crimes last year, a 4.1 percent increase from 2015. Murder and non-negligent manslaughter offenses jumped 8.6 percent — most of those crimes perpetrated with […]





