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OTHER SPECIFIC PRIORITY CRIMES THAT ARE POSING A SERIOUS CHALLENGE:
ARMED ROBBERY
Armed robbery is mostly motivated by the desire to obtain quick cash and electronic items. It involves the use of illegal firearms, sharp objects including knives and pangas.
Criminals frequently target residential homesteads and business areas for cash and items such as electronics, cellphones which are sold in the black market.
Such cases occur both during the day and night and this crime mostly concentrated at high population areas like Mbabane , Sidwashini, Fonteyn, Msunduza, Hilltop, and surrounding suburbs; Matsapha (Mathangeni), New Village, Mhlaleni, Mbikwakhe and in Manzini (Fairview, Ngwane Park, Moneni and Elwandle).
CAR THEFT: 29 CARS STOLEN BETWEEN MANZINI-MBABANE SINCE
APRIL 2022- 30 JUNE 2022 29 cars were stolen around both cities. Vehicles are stolen generally for different reasons;
For temporary transportation, such was hostility between individuals, dagga-related feuds and community feuds over land. Methods commonly used to commit murder include shooting, stabbing, beating and strangulation.
Concerned
All the regions in the country are affected in so far as murder cases are concerned – with the Manzini region at the top, according to the report.
The report adds: “While the cases may be on the rise, it is worth reporting that most suspects have been arrested and are awaiting trial at the High Court.” as use in another crime
To strip the car of its valuable parts for resale;
To re-sell it, often disguised as a legitimate car.
Criminals target motorists who had become accustomed to parking their cars unattended at public parking lots of extended periods of time, as well as valuables left inside the cars such as cellphones, laptops, purses etc.
ASSAULT; COMMON AND WITH INTENT TO CAUSE GRIEVOUS
BODILY HARM
This nature of crime is prevalent at both rural and urban settlements. Like in murder incidents, these violent acts appear to be common in intoxicating outlets (bars) where patrons would engage into senseless fights, some of which resulted in fatalities.
It cannot be omitted that violence at homes contributes immensely to these disturbing numbers where members, instead of harmoniously solving their differences, they would opt for violence.