The number of robberies surged 12.4 percent to 1,508 cases in the January-April period, the National Police Agency said Wednesday.
While crime overall fell 4.9 percent to around 535,000 incidents in the four-month period, NPA statistics show that robberies experienced a rise over the previous year.
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