More foreigners are murdered or violently killed in New Zealand than in rest of the "developed" world combined.
Between January 2000 and September 2015 about 3,400 foreigners were murdered or violently killed in New Zealand, and 18,000 others seriously injured.
[The many hundreds of foreigners that are missing in NZ without a trace are not included!]
Compare War Casualties
Iraq: 4,801 Coalition forces killed up to Nov. 30, 2011.
Saudi Arabia: 2,400 to 4,800 pilgrims killed in Hajj stampedes between 2000 and 2015.
Afghanistan: 2,820 Coalition fatalities occurred between 2001 and Nov 30, 2011 .
Posted by te2ataria on August 10, 2015
A 58 year-old man, believed to be an Australian national, was killed by an avalanche near the Devil’s Staircase (!) at around 2.45pm today (10 August 2015).
The cause of his death is unknown at this time, and it has been referred to the coroner, police said.
Police also said they are working to advise the next of kin. No further details are available at this time.
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Peter said
I take my hat off to you guys. You’re extremely well informed.
After reading this post, I checked the kiwi police website, the search engines and all of the “news media” across the region, but no one knew the nationality of the deceased.
I had to wait until today for a confirmation from the kiwi cops:
“Police can now confirm the 58 year-old man who died after being pulled from avalanche debris yesterday as Roger Greville of Sydney, Australia.”
te2ataria said
We’d like to stay a few clicks ahead of the pack!