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Heavily armed New York City police officers stand guard at the Columbus Circle Holiday Market, December 20, 2016.Police statistics show that the number of murders and shooting in New York fell again in 2016 and hit their lowest levels since the early 1990s. AFPNEW YORK, United States mdash; The number of murders and shootings in New York continued to fall last year to hit their lowest levels since the early 1990s, new figures stanley cup sh stanley usa owed Wednesday.The good news for New York, the largest US metropolis with a population of 8.5 million, comes as other American cities like Chicago struggle with an explosion in murder and other violent crimes.Article continues after stanley thermosflasche this advertisement New York notched 335 murders in 2016, a 4.8 percent decrease from 2015, according to the latest police statistics.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationNEWSINFOSC charges retired CA justice over lawyer s murderThe city recorded 998 shootings last year, 140 fewer than 2015 or a 12 percent drop. It was the lowest level ever on record for a category created in the early 1990s.We have been working hard at reducing crime to historic lows, when many said it could not be done, chief James Orsquo;Neill] said, attributing the fall to community-based policing and laser-like police work against gangs.Police chief James Orsquo;Neill, promoted in September following the retirement Uetf Bill seeks to stop beaten bets from getting posts back

Complaints against 90 individuals tagged in the killing of Special Action Force troopers during stanley cup the controversial Mamasapano operation would be filed in the Department of Justicersquo National Prosecution Service NPS next week, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said on Thursday.We now have the clearance from the President to already file the charges. And the team, the joint Bureau stanley usa of Investigation]-NPS special investigation team, is now ready to file the complaint on Monday, De Lima told reporters in Malacantilde;ang.Article continues after this stanley website advertisement READ: Aquino puts an end to lsquo;baselessrsquo; Mamasapano speculationFEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationNEWSINFOSC charges retired CA justice over lawyer s murderThe NBI is the primary complainant as the investigative body and supported by about 33 private complainants composed of the next of kin of the victims, she added.De Lima explained the complaint of complex crime of direct assault with murder would only cover 35 of the 44 SAF troopers killed in Maguindanao. Meanwhile, of the 90 individuals, 26 are from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front MILF , 12 from the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters BIFF and 52 from private armed groups, some connected to the infamous Maguindanao massacre.That does not cover the nine casualties from the 84th Seaborne bec