'Crime tsunami': Victoria now the murder capital of Australia

By Tom Cowie, Benjamin Preiss
Updated September 29 2016 - 8:08pm, first published 7:24pm
Victoria has surpassed NSW and Queensland in number of homicides. Photo: Supplied
Victoria has surpassed NSW and Queensland in number of homicides. Photo: Supplied
The number of murders in Victoria has spiked to its highest level in five years.
The number of murders in Victoria has spiked to its highest level in five years.

Victoria has become the nation's murder capital after a crime surge that saw the number of murders increase by nearly a third in the past year, the first large jump in five years.

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