* Melbourne's iIncreasing violent crime
* Verbal abuse fuelled by alcohol and drugs
* Students not to travel alone at night
POLICE have backed assertions made in an Indian government travel warning to students about the dangers of increasing violent crime.
Victoria Police said they supported the general statements made in the advisory that Melbourne had seen an increase in violence, that this was often "accompanied by verbal abuse, fuelled by alcohol and drugs."
The Australian reports it also stated the offenders were "mainly young people in their teens and early 20s".
The move put the police force at odds with state and federal governments intent on promoting Australia as a safe place to travel and study.
The travel advisory encourages Indian students to take precautions after 21-year-old Indian student Nitin Garg was stabbed to death in a park in Melbourne's west on Saturday night.
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It says students should not travel alone late at night, avoid carrying large amounts of cash and not make it obvious if they have expensive items like laptops or iPods.
The warning met a cool response from Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who said the "factual situation" was that Australia remained a safe country with a low homicide rate by world standards.
"In big cities around the world we do see acts of violence from time to time," she said.
"That happens in Melbourne, it happens in Mumbai, it happens in New York, it happens in London. That's a matter for the Indian government, what it puts on its travel advisories, but the situation here is we are a safe country, we're a welcoming country, we certainly seek to welcome international students."
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