HC Deb 05 December 1988 vol 143 cc37-8W
Mr. Bradley

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British subjects were murdered in foreign countries in 1986, 1987 and 1988 to date, by country.

Mr. Waldegrave

Not all deaths of British citizens who die overseas, whether in suspicious or other circumstances, are reported to British consular officers. However, according to records held by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 80 British citizens have been murdered, or are suspected to have been murdered, overseas between 1 January 1986 and 30 November 1988. The breakdown by year and country is as follows:

1986 1987 1988
Afghanistan 1
Antigua 1
Australia 4
Belgium 1
Bermuda 1
Botswana 1
Canada 1 1
Colombia 1
Cyprus 1
Djibouti 1
Dominican
Republic 1
France 3 1
Germany
(Federal Republic) 2 1 1
Greece 1 1
Indonesia 1
Israel 1 1
Jamaica 1
Jerusalem 1
1986 1987 1988
Kenya 1
Malta 1
Netherlands 1
Pakistan 2
Philippines 1 2 2
Saudi Arabia 1 1
South Africa 2 1 1
Spain 3 3 3
St. Lucia 1
Sudan 5
Thailand 1 3
Turkey 1 1
Uganda 2
USA 2 3 3
Zaire 1
Zimbabwe 1 1
TOTAL: 20 29 31