Number of reports of sexual assault in US armed forces on the decrease

Number of reports of sexual assault in US armed forces on the decrease
The number of sexual assaults in US armed forces dropped last year (Patrick Semansky/AP)

The number of sexual assaults reported across the US military dropped by nearly 4% last year, fuelled by a significant drop in the number of cases in the army, it has been revealed.

It was the second year in a row with a decrease, reversing a troubling trend that has plagued the US Defence Department for more than a decade.

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