4.1.1. Death by shooting A total of 239 cases were investigated in 2010 as compared to 280 cases investigated in 2009 thus a 15% reduction. Most of these were registered in Northern, Central, South Western, Eastern and North Eastern Regions.
4.1.2. Death by Mob Action A total of 357 cases of Mob Action were investigated in 2010 compared to 332 cases in 2009 hence an increase by 7.5%. This is attributed to delay in justice dispensation contrary to punishment awarding in African context which is instant thereby causing discontent among the public.
4.1.3. Death through Domestic Violence Incidences of Death through Domestic Violence reported to the police in 2010 were 159 compared to 165 Cases in 2009; a decrease of 3.6%.
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Death by other causes
This category includes cases of death such as suicide, mysterious deaths, drowning e.t.c. A total of 777 Cases were reported in 2010 as compared to 1,650 Cases reported in 2009 hence giving a 52% reduction. 4.1.5.
Human sacrifice/ritual murders
Incidents of suspected ritual murders decreased from 29 cases in 2009 to 14 cases in 2010. Out of the 14, 09 were juveniles while 05 were adults. There were 02 cases of attempted murder for witchcraft rituals in 2010 as compared to 01 case registered in 2009. Some other criminal incidents related to human sacrifice included being in possession of human body parts and digging of graves to remove body parts for witchcraft rituals (03). 8