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ULAN BATOR, March 12 (Xinhua) -- A total of 348 people have died in Mongolia in the first two months of this year in violent crimes, official data from the country's National Statistical Office showed Tuesday.
The figure is up 22.1 percent from the same period last year, according to the office.
Most of the offenders were drunk while committing homicides, it said.
In addition, 1,500 people were injured in crimes across the country in the first two months of 2019, up 4.7 percent from the same period last year.
A total of 7,400 criminal cases were recorded across the country during this period, representing a year-on-year increase of 0.9 percent.
