Minsk' Deputy Prosecutor
Kazimir Kezhun has reported a 3.2 percent decrease in the number of crimes in Minsk to 16,692 in the first six
months of 2009. Kezhun
said serious crimes fell by 14.1 percent year on year. The number of murders
dropped from 39 in
the first six months of 2008 to 28
in the same period this year, Interfax reported.