By Jonathan Corke and Lydia Willgress for MailOnline

Pakistan was most dangerous place with 37 people murdered between 2012 and August last year, figures show
Jamaica and America also reported a high number of murders, with around four British tourists a year being killed
Data about the murders was obtained by MailOnline via a Freedom of Information request to the Foreign Office

More than 250 Britons have been murdered while abroad in the last four years, MailOnline can reveal.

Pakistan was the most dangerous place with 37 people murdered between 2012 and August last year, exclusive figures show.

Jamaica and America also reported a high number of murders, with around four tourists a year being killed in both.

Other places recorded large losses due to terror attacks including Tunisia, where ISIS gunman Seifeddine Rezgui slaughtered dozens of innocent tourists in June last year.

France and Spain were the only European countries included in the top 15, with 20 people being murdered between them.

The data, which was obtained via a Freedom of Information request to the Foreign Office, also showed the number of British murders increased by nearly 60 per cent between 2012 and 2014.

The figures point to a number of high-profile terror attacks and killings, which have impacted on Britons across the world.

Ten people were reported to have been murdered in Ukraine in 2014 – coinciding with Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 being hit by a missile as it flew over the country in July that year.

Those who died when the plane plummeted to the ground included John Alder and Liam Sweeney – two Newcastle United fans travelling to watch their team play in a pre-season tour of New Zealand – and Glenn Thomas, a 49-year-old spokesman for the World Health Organisation.

The data is also a stark reminder of the gas plant attack by al-Qaeda militants in Algeria on January 16, 2013.

Six British passport holders died in the killing after being taken hostage by terrorists who allegedly strapped explosives to their bodies.

MURDERED IN PAKISTAN AS HE PREPARED TO GIVE EVIDENCE AGAINST A GANG ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING HIM

Maliq Iqbal was murdered in Pakistan in 2012 as he prepared to give evidence against a gang accused of kidnapping him the year before.

Iqbal, 55, from Bradford, was killed when three masked men called at a house he was staying at, in Rawalpindi.

Former Bradford city councillor Riaz Ahmed said it was a ‘tragic case’.

The man had been kidnapped and held hostage for a month in September 2011. He was released when a £15,000 ransom was paid.

Iqbal returned to Pakistan in August 2012 to give evidence in the kidnapping trial.

He had originally been detained while visiting family in Rawalpindi, and kept in a shed on a farm.

During his detention, he was chained to a bed and fed occasional tea and biscuits.

His friend Ahmed said: ‘He was very, very determined to go through with this [trial].

‘It was very important to him that this would not happen to anyone else. It is testament to his courage.’
SOUSSE TUNISIA ATTACK: THE DEADLIEST ISLAMIST ATTACK ON WESTERNERS SINCE 7/7 BOMBINGS

Last July, a gunman killed 39 tourists on a beach in Sousse in an attack later claimed by the Islamic State group.

In the chilling massacre, student Seifeddine Rezgui pulled out a Kalashnikov hidden in a beach parasol and fired bullets at sunbathers lounging on a beachfront resort.

The gunman, who was laughing and joking among the midday bathers, was later shot dead by police after a rampage lasting at least 20 minutes.

Blood-soaked bodies in swimsuits were left scattered among upturned sun loungers in what was the deadliest Islamist attack on westerners since the July 7 London bombings in 2005.

Thirty Britons were killed in the attack and the Foreign Office are now advising against all but essential travel to Tunisia.

KEITH MURRAIN: THE BRITISH BUSINESSMAN KIDNAPPED SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVING IN JAMAICA
Keith Murrain was found dead with his throat slit after he was kidnapped shortly after arriving in Jamaica
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Keith Murrain was found dead with his throat slit after he was kidnapped shortly after arriving in Jamaica

In July 2014, prominent British businessman Keith Murrain was found dead with his throat slit after he was kidnapped shortly after arriving in Jamaica.

His body was discovered in a shallow grave in a remote sugarcane field outside Spanish Town, which has been dubbed the murder capital of Jamaica.

The Birmingham-based businessman arrived on the island but was abducted and bundled into a waiting vehicle as he left Kingston’s Norman Manley Airport.

The 54-year-old, who lived in Edgbaston, is believed to have been killed within hours of being kidnapped.

One sister, Jennifer Murrain, said: ‘We, as a family, want justice. Why kill him? Why not just rob him? I want the people who did this to hang’.

‘What happened to Keith will have a major impact on people doing business or going on holiday to Jamaica,’ she added.

Everyone knew Keith and everyone looked up to him. He was the life and soul of the party. When his body is brought back, it will be the biggest funeral Birmingham has ever seen,’ she went on to say.

Mr Murrain’s mother, originally from the Caribbean island of Montserrat, is now trying to fly to Jamaica with her son’s former partner.

She has been in contact with the British High Commission in Kingston, which has pledged to provide police protection during her time in the Caribbean.

He as a regular visitor to the island, where he reportedly had a home in the gated Caribbean Estates Community, said to boast ‘Fort Knox-esque security’.

Murrain ran a successful plant machinery export business.

Since then, no one has been charged with the crime, although police shot dead one suspect during a shoot-out in the lawless Kitson township.

The suspect, believed to be part of notorious Caribbean squad The Klandsman gang, was killed during an unrelated standoff.

FOREIGN TRAVEL ADVICE FOR PAKISTAN, JAMAICA AND TUNISIA

Pakistan: The Foreign Office advise against all travel to certain areas of Pakistan such as the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, the districts of Kohat, Lakki and Lower Dir, the city of Peshawar, northern and western Balochistan and travel on the Karakoram Highway between Islamabad and Gilgit. They also advise against all but essential travel to: the Kalesh Valley, the Bamoboret Valley and Arandu District to the south and west of Chitral in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa the city of Quetta the city of Nawabshah in Sindh Province, and areas of interior Sindh to the north of Nawabshah.

Jamaica: High levels of crime and violence are recorded in the capital Kingston. Around 200,000 British nationals visited Jamaica in 2015 but most visits to the country are trouble-free.

Tunisia:The FCO advise against all travel to the Chaambi Mountain National Park area, the Tunisia-Algeria border crossing points at Ghardimaou, Hazoua and Sakiet Sidi Youssef, the militarized zone south of, but not including, the towns of El Borma and Dhehiba and within 5km of the Libya border area from north of Dhehiba up to but not including the Ras Ajdir border crossing. The FCO advise against all but essential travel to the rest of Tunisia.

THE MURDER HOTSPOTS FOR BRITS ABROAD OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS IN NUMBERS

Pakistan: 37

Tunisia: 34

Jamaica: 18

USA: 15

France: 14

South Africa: 11

Ukraine: 10

Algeria, Australia: 7

Barbados, Afghanistan: 6

Brazil, Egypt: 5

Bangladesh, India, Uganda: 4

Cyprus, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Trinidad and Tobago, Zambia: 3

Canada, Cayman Islands, Greece, Iraq, Ireland, Saudi Arabia, St Lucia, Turkey, Venezuela: 2

Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, China, Denmark, Ghana, Guatemala, Indonesia, Israel, Jerusalem, Jordan, Libya, Luxembourg, Mozambique, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, Seychelles, South Sudan, Switzerland, Tanzania: 1

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More than 250 Britons have been murdered while abroad in the last four years with Pakistan the most dangerous place, MailOnline can reveal. Top image, the top 15 countries in terms of British murders – CLICK to expand.

Maliq Iqbal was murdered in Pakistan in 2012 as he prepared to give evidence against a gang accused of kidnapping him the year before

Other places recorded large losses due to terror attacks including Tunisia, where ISIS gunman Seifeddine Rezgui, pictured walking down the north African beach with a gun, slaughtered dozens of innocent tourists in June last year

Tourists lay flowers in memory of the victims of a terror attack outside the Imperial Marhaba Hotel in Sousse, Tunisia, after 33 Britons died

The figures point to a number of high-profile terror attacks and killings, which have impacted on Britons across the world. The data includes 10 Britons who died in Ukraine in 2014 following the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. Above, the crash site

Ten people were reported to have been murdered in Ukraine in 2014 – coinciding with Malaysia Airlines plane MH17 being hit by a missile as it flew over the country in July that year. Above, the crash site

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