In America this year there have been more mass killings, leading to the deaths of 211 people, than in the last 50 years.
There were more mass killings in America in 2019 than any year dating back to at least the 1970s, according to US reports.
A database compiled by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University shows there were 41 mass killings, in which 211 people died. Of these attacks, 33 were mass shootings.A memorial for those killed in the Virginia Beach shooting in June The 41 mass killings were the most in a single year since the database began tracking such events in 2006. Other research going back to the 1970s shows no other year with as many mass slayings.The first mass killing of 2019 took place just days into the year, when on 19 January a 42-year-old man used an axe to kill four family members, including his nine-month-old daughter. The attacker was shot dead by police.
This attack in Clackamas County, Oregon was one of 18 mass killings in which family members were murdered.
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