Murders Europe

Watch out in the bullring, but outside it, Madrid seems to be pretty safe. Berlin is another story. Still, the murder rate in major European cities pales by comparison to Los Angeles. (Murders per 100,000 people) Madrid: 0.6 Rome: 1.2 Athens: 1.9 Lisbon: 1.9 Paris: 2.4 London: 2.5 Budapest, Hungary: 4.1 Warsaw: 4.3 Berlin: 6.7 Los Angeles: 12.4 Source: Cities, Life in the World's 100 Largest Metropolitan Areas, November, 1990.

Watch out in the bullring, but outside it, Madrid seems to be pretty safe. Berlin is another story. Still, the murder rate in major European cities pales by comparison to Los Angeles. (Murders per 100,000 people) Madrid: 0.6 Rome: 1.2 Athens: 1.9 Lisbon: 1.9 Paris: 2.4 London: 2.5 Budapest, Hungary: 4.1 Warsaw: 4.3 Berlin: 6.7 Los Angeles: 12.4 Source: Cities, Life in the World's 100 Largest Metropolitan Areas, November, 1990.

A Dutch appeals court overturned the murder conviction of an Irish national and upheld the acquittal of three others accused of killing two Australians during a wave of IRA attacks in Europe. The court said there was no evidence to prove that Gerard Harte, 27; Donna Maguire, 24; Sean Hick, 30, and Paul Hughes, 27, carried out or aided the attack that took the lives of vacationing lawyers Nick Spanos and Stephen Melrose in May, 1990.

A Dutch appeals court overturned the murder conviction of an Irish national and upheld the acquittal of three others accused of killing two Australians during a wave of IRA attacks in Europe. The court said there was no evidence to prove that Gerard Harte, 27; Donna Maguire, 24; Sean Hick, 30, and Paul Hughes, 27, carried out or aided the attack that took the lives of vacationing lawyers Nick Spanos and Stephen Melrose in May, 1990.