UNDERAGE GIRLS MAINLY COMMIT SUICIDE IN ARMENIA
ARMENPRESS
NOVEMBER 24, 2010
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 24, ARMENPRESS: From 2010 January-October 38 cases
of suicide and murder of juniors have been registered in the Republic
of Armenia.
Deputy Head of the Juveniles' affairs office of the Criminal
Investigation Department of the Police of the Republic of Armenia,
Colonel Nelly Duryan said today at a meeting with journalists that the
13 of the mentioned 38 cases have ended in death. According to her,
the teenagers committed suicide, are representatives of different
classes of society.
~SThe causes are different- family quarrels, disagreements with
parents, and the reason in case of juveniles of 16-17 years old is
the refusal in love. In Armenia it is mainly the girls that commit
suicide,~T the colonel of the police said.
Four hundred eleven cases of crimes committed by teenagers have been
registered in the 10 months of 2010, which has added by 21 compared
with the same months of the last year. ~STeenagers are mainly accused
of theft, and the number of hooliganism and of causing body injuries
has decreased. The cases of usage of knife have added,~T the colonel
said, calling parents to be attentive to their children.
In January-October 140 cases of violence committed against teenagers
and 5 cases of kidnapping have been registered. The cases of violence
have been mainly registered in families, and cases of kidnapping ~V
as a result of divorces of parents.
Referring to sexual violence toward teenagers in Armenia, Mrs. Duryan
noted that in the 10 months of this year one case of rape of a teenager
has been registered, 6 cases of sexual encroachment, and 31 cases of
sexual intercourse with teenagers.
From: A. Papazian