Muscat: The annual conference of the Public Prosecutor revealed that the number of murders during the year 2022 amounted to 13.
Dr. Ahmed bin Saeed Al Shukaili, Assistant Public Prosecutor, said that these crimes constituted a societal obsession, especially with the repeated use of the same crime tool, the “white weapon”, but it did not record a significant increase compared to previous years, as the number was 13 in the year 2021.
Al-Shukaili indicated that the Public Prosecution has adopted coordination with the competent authority to study the murders and find out their causes.