Murders up in Armenia, Prosecutor General displeased with investigators
The number of crimes increased in Armenia by 7% as compared to 2010. Sixty murder cases were recorded in the country in 2011 against the 41 cases of 2010. Most of them occurred in Yerevan's Erebuni and Nubarashen communities.
Summing up the results of 2011 during today's plenary sitting of the Board of the Prosecutor's Office Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan said the criminal situation in Armenia is comparatively stable if compared with other CIS countries.
"Thanks God, we are able to control the crime rate. However, we still have much to do in this direction," Mr Hovsepyan said.
The Prosecutor General also expressed dissatisfaction over the work of investigators.
"They frequently assign expertise which is not required or ask questions which have nothing to do with the criminal case," he said.
