A Royal Canadian Mounted Police report says a disproportionate number of female homicide victims in Canada are aboriginal. The report comes just days after a United Nations watchdog called for an inquiry into Canada's missing and murdered aboriginal women. The police report released Friday said aboriginal women represent 4.3 percent of the total female population, yet 16 percent of all female homicide victims are aboriginal. The Mounties reviewed cases from 1980 to 2013 and found 1,181 aboriginal women fell into the missing or murdered category - almost double earlier estimates. Of those 1,181 women, 164 were missing and 1,017 murdered. James Anaya, the UN's special rapporteur on indigenous rights, said earlier this week that an investigation into missing and murdered aboriginal women must be conducted. -- SPA 21:18 LOCAL TIME 18:18 GMT تغريد
