European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 21, 1990 the stars and stripes to is7w  a a a Page 9 european police say crime on Rise Ulm order Rafe about one fifth of . S Amsterdam Netherlands apr Law enforcement officials say violent crime is on the Rise in some of Europe a traditionally Law abiding nations. Critics accuse them of stirring up fear to get bigger budgets. The average homicide rate in Europe remains Only about one fifth that of the United states which has approximately nine homicides per 100,000 people each year according to the . World health organization in Geneva. Homicide rates for the Netherlands and Switzerland Rose 20 percent and 13 percent respectively in 1989, according to police figures. Norway reported a 29 percent Rise in violent crime from 1986 through 1988 and italian homicides increased by 35 percent last year mostly in mafia regions. Rape and theft skyrocketed last year in Eastern Europe accompaniments to economic instability and a deep seated mistrust of police under the former communist regimes. In Denmark France and Portugal however the Low homicide rates have hardly changed in recent years. Significant declines have been recorded in Britain Germany and Belgium. A your whole society is getting More aggressive a said commissioner Herman Bergsma of the Central police Intelli Vej Quot Hoiland a what used to fights. 1stflghts now ends up in gun the it assaults with firearms in to 1985 to m.8 ? y d0ubied from 134 i Innis. I i year it Manly because of killings by drug traffickers Bergsma said. Dded Ste 1s? no at stick the homicide rate in this nation of 14.9 million people had been one of the worlds lowest just above Britain and Ireland. Herman Franke a criminologist at the us varsity of Amsterdam believes police Are classifying More crime As violent to  larger budgets and opinion in every  in the norwegian parliamentary elections the conservative party of Progress went from two of the 165 seats to 22 on a wave of Public anxiety that followed reports of the 29 percent growth in violent crime. A violent crime is not increasing a Rrankie said Only our sensitivity to  Nils Christie a University of Oslo criminology professor said a your biggest crime problem is the unfounded anxiety people  although the murder rate in neighbouring Sweden has barely changed in years tighter gun Laws Are to take effect in 1991. Total crimes reported in Poland Rose fit no i?7-000 in 1988 to More than 500,000 last year. The crime we witness today is a result of the political situation a said Janusz Wydra Deputy police chief of Warsaw Poland. A the More Freedom there is the less  Poland has embarked on a conversion from communism to capitalism that has Cost about 1 million people their jobs and driven most prices up More than 180 percent. Franke the dutch criminologist argued that skyrocketing statistics in former communist countries indicate the old regimes doctored figures for political reasons not that crime has increased dramatically. He conceded that Homes and businesses in the new East european democracies Are easy targets for thieves since their owners have Little experience with crime prevention. A in Warsaw the situation is terrifying a said Wincenty Grzeszczyk of the polish general prosecutors department. Stores do a booming business in window grates Auto alarms Deadbolt locks and Mace. Statistics in Czechoslovakia indicate crime has increased 400 percent in some my areas and same Prague districts since president Vaclav Havel declared a general amnesty in 1989 for most prisoners jailed under the communists. The amnesty brought the release of about two thirds of the prison population. Goings Rose 250 percent in Urban during the first six months of 1990 total crime was up 138 percent in the e period according to official figures. Italy is the most crime prone country in Western Europe. Last years 1,295 homicides reflected a 35 percent increase from 1988. Britain tightened gun Laws after a gun collector in Hungerford 60 Miles West of London killed 16 people including his Mother in August 1987, then took his own life. The homicide rate has fallen by half under the new Laws. Most european countries severely restrict gun ownership but firearms Are relatively easy to buy on the Black Market. Police in Copenhagen Denmark found hundreds of hand grenades mines antitank rockets handguns and rifles in the Possession of a pro palestinian group that and robbed Banks for seven years. Still Franke credited Tough gun control Laws with making european cities relatively murder free a because he said a people can to resort to guns to solve their  held in 79 attack against Haig Hamburg Germany apr police arrested a former member of the red army faction terrorist group monday for alleged involvement in the 1979 bomb attack against Gen. Alexander Haig then natos commander. Baptist Ralf Friedrich was among members of the deadly terrorist organization arrested in june in what was then East Germany. He was set free however because the original arrest warrant had expired. The Federal prosecutors office said a new arrest warrant was issued thursday and Friedrich was taken into investigative custody in the port City of Hamburg. Friedrich is be Friedrich lived to have joined the organization in 1977 during its heyday. He is accused of having been responsible for a Safe House in Brussels Belgium and procuring  control device for the explosion. The attackers had hidden a bomb in a Street in 5e belgian town of Bourg that exploded when it a american general a car sped past. One of a a a is ? bodyguards was injured. Haig who retired from the military served As Secretary of state in the Reagan administration. I he red army faction is blamed for killings and bombings in West Germany during the 1970s and 1980s. Its targets included top Bankers and industrialists As Well As military facilities and personnel. At least 10 in the group later found Refuge in East Germany where it was impossible for West German criminal authorities to arrest them. 5>ome of the most notorious members of the group were captured in a series of arrests in for me j Germany in june. The two Germany United oct. 3. Melbourne Montreal Seattle ranked As most liable cities Washington apr Melbourne Montreal and Seattle Tacoma Are the Best cities in which to live the private population crisis committee said after surveying conditions in the worlds 100 largest metropolitan areas. Lagos Nigeria is the worst the group said monday in an analysis based on two years of research. Sharon Camp the organizations senior vice president said the study Wasny to a Guidebook for retirement business or vacations but rather a warning about the dangers of rapid population growth. A More than half of these cities Are sinking from the weight of too Many people a she said. A More than anything else the numbers. Add up to human population  the committee Analysed living conditions in the metropolitan areas awarding up to 10 Points in each of 10 categories. Melbourne Australia Montreal and the Seattle Tacoma area in Western Washington state each accumulated 86 of the possible 100 Points. Lagos scored 19 Points. It averages 5.8 people per room in living space Only half the City a houses have water and electricity and there is Only one Telephone per 100 people the study found. By comparison Melbourne and Montreal average 0.5 person per room in housing and Seattle Tacoma has 0.4. All residences in those cities have water or electricity or both. Seattle Tacoma has 106 telephones per 100 people while there Are 69 in Montreal and 45 in Melbourne. The other two metropolitan areas in the study Stop five were Essen Dortmund Duisberg Germany and the Atlanta area. Both rated 85. The Detroit Windsor Ontario Region finished sixth. With Lagos at the Bottom of the list were Kinshasa Zaire 29 Points and Dhaka Bangladesh 32. Recife Brazil Lima Peru and Kanpur India each received 33 Points. Two of the worlds 100 largest cities a Bucharest Romania and Rangoon Burma a could not be ranked because of Lack of data. Montreal mayor Jean Dore said the City a like All other major economic and cultural centers in the world has to Deal with major social and environmental issues. But our City has an important advantage Over other big cities Montreal wants to preserve its heritage of the East while setting human scale development As the Keystone of the  Steve Morris president of the Seattle King county convention and visitors Bureau said a a we re always thrilled when Seattle get High Marks in these kinds of  and Melbourne mayor Richard Wynne called his Community a one of the most convenient cities a comfortable City and a Safe City with Good transport and Rich cultural  criteria for the rankings were a murders per 100,000 people Capetown South Africa had the highest rate at 64.7. Rated at less than one were Madrid Spain Manchester England and Bandung Indonesia. A percent of income spent on food the most expensive is to Chi Minh City Vietnam at 80 percent. Residents of 23 communities spend More than half their income on food. Food accounted for 9 percent of income in Washington . A people per room Lagos was most crowded at 5.8, while Canton China had 5.7. All cities in the United states Canada and Australia As Well As Madrid and Birmingham England had fewer than 0.5 person per room. A percent of Homes with water or electricity or both at least 70 percent of Homes had water and electricity in 87 percent of the metropolitan areas although the analysis did no to always take into account squatter settlements or illegal water and electrical connections. Johannesburg South Africa and Kinshasa had two thirds of residents lacking running water or electricity or both. A Telephone per 100 people san Francisco Oakland san Jose has 151 telephones per 100 people. Lagos to Chi Minh City and Kinshasa have less than one. A percent of children in secondary school Moscow Warsaw Poland and Essen Dortmund Duisberg each reported that 100 percent of youngsters 14 to 17 were attending school. Johannesburg Lagos and Lahore India had fewer than one third in school. A infant deaths per 1,000 live births Taipei Taiwan and three japanese Urban areas a Osaka Kobe Kyoto Tokyo Yokohama and Nagoya a had five infant deaths per 1,000 births. Kanpur India had 157. A Levels of ambient noise Dallas fort Worth Singapore and Manchester were ranked As relatively quiet. Noisiest included new York London Karachi Pakistan Madras India Lahore Pakistan Madrid Naples Italy surabaya Indonesia and Monterrey Mexico. A traffic flow in Miles per hour during Rush hour traffic managed More than 40 Mph in Atlanta Casablanca Morocco Houston Belo Horizone Brazil and Detroit Windsor. In Lima it crawled along at 4 Mph. A air pollution Melbourne and Sydney Australia and Taipei were ranked As having clean air. Dirtiest were Calcutta and new Delhi India Jakarta Indonesia Tehran Iran Beijing and Shenyang China and Milan Italy