HC Deb 16 February 1998 vol 306 cc487-8W
Mr. Fallon

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British subjects have been murdered abroad in the last 20 years; and in which countries. [29762]

Mr. Fatchett

Our records in their current form date back to 1985. Since then 619 murders of British Nationals abroad have been reported to us. The countries concerned are:

  • Afghanistan: 1
  • Algeria: 3
  • Angola: 4
  • Antigua and Barbuda: 4
  • Argentina: 1
  • Australia: 27
  • Austria: 2
  • Bahamas: 4
  • Bahrain: 1
  • Belgium: 6
  • Belize: 4
  • Bermuda: 2
  • Bolivia: 1
  • Botswana: 5
  • Brazil: 6
  • British Virgin Islands: 1
  • Cambodia: 1
  • Cameroon: 1
  • Canada: 10
  • Cayman Islands: 1
  • China: 1
  • Colombia: 2
  • Congo: 1
  • Cyprus: 3
  • Czech Republic: 4
  • Denmark: 3
  • Djibouti: 1
  • Dominican Republic: 1
  • Egypt: 7
  • El Salvador: 1
  • Estonia: 2
  • France: 25
  • Gambia: 1
  • Germany: 17
  • Ghana: 5
  • Gibraltar: 1
  • Greece: 13
  • Guatemala: 3
  • Guyana: 1
  • Honduras: 2
  • Iceland: 1
  • India: 12
  • Indonesia: 2
  • Iraq: 1
  • Israel: 4
  • Italy: 6
  • Jamaica: 12
  • 488
  • Jerusalem: 1
  • Kenya: 19
  • Korea: 1
  • Kuwait: 1
  • Lebanon: 1
  • Liberia: 1
  • Malawi: 2
  • Malaysia: 1
  • Malta: 3
  • Mexico: 3
  • Mongolia: 1
  • Morocco: 1
  • Mozambique: 3
  • Namibia: 2
  • Nepal: 1
  • Netherlands: 17
  • New Zealand: 4
  • Nigeria: 9
  • Pakistan: 11
  • Papua New Guinea: 6
  • Peru: 1
  • Philippines: 18
  • Poland: 1
  • Portugal: 11
  • Republic of Ireland: 2
  • Russia: 4
  • Rwanda: 1
  • Saudi Arabia: 5
  • Somalia: 1
  • South Africa: 55
  • Spain: 58
  • St. Lucia: 2
  • Sudan: 6
  • Sweden: 2
  • Switzerland: 3
  • Tanzania: 1
  • Thailand: 13
  • The Comoros: 6
  • Togo: 2
  • Trinidad and Tobago: 2
  • Tunisia: 2
  • Turkey: 8
  • Uganda: 4
  • United States: 71
  • Venezuela: 1
  • Vietnam: 1
  • Yugoslavia: 8
  • Zaire: 1
  • Zambia: 7
  • Zimbabwe: 16.