The number of murders in Brazil increased by by 3 percent to a record high of 63,880 in 2017, according to data released by the Brazilian Public Security Forum Thursday.
The data showed that 175 people were murdered each day and an overall murder rate of 30.8 per 100,000 people, up from 29.9 in 2016.
An average of 14 people were killed in interactions with police, up 20 percent from 2016.
Rapes also increased by 8 percent to to 60,018 and murders of women rose 6.1 percent to 4,539.
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