In the years following his death, violence decreased markedly.

He said in his interview that the violence was "decreasing".

Nonetheless, the overall violence in Baquba has decreased by 80 percent since June 2007.

League penalties for such actions have also generally increased in recent years and overall violence has decreased over time.

As a result, violence in recent years has decreased markedly throughout the West Bank.

Perhaps one can only conclude that the population increased very fast and not that violence decreased?

They also asserted that the violence decreases the likelihood that fair elections can be held.

Through the 1990s, crime, racial conflict, and violence decreased in New York.

But the violence had decreased during and since the election for president on Oct. 9.

The Narathiwat raid undermines the government's argument that violence is decreasing in the region.