A ranking of murder rates among European capitals shows a surprise new entrant in 2011 – the Norwegian capital Oslo, where the rate jumped to 15 per 100,000, beating Moscow, Amsterdam, and Vilnius to the top. The cause, of course, was the brutal killing of 77 people by Anders Behring Breivik, whose trial came to an end on 24 August 2012. Still, disheartened Norwegians should take comfort in the fact that it could be far worse. In cities such as Cape Town and San Salvador, the