Sixty-nine persons died tragically between January and October this year, information given in Parliament shows.
Home Affairs Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici told Labour MP Stefan Buontempo that during the period, there were 28 suicides, 14 traffic fatalities, 21 'other' fatalities, three victims of overdoses, two murders and another case where the circumstances are still being established.
RAPE CASES
Replying to another question, the minister said that a total of 49 reports of rapes and violent indecent assault were made to the police in the first 10 months of this year.
The reports were made all over Malta and Gozo.