SERIOUS CRIMES ON THE INCREASE IN BREAKAWAY AZERI REGION

Mediamax news agency
31 Jul 06

Yerevan, 31 July: In the first half of 2006, 272 crimes were registered
in the Nagornyy Karabakh republic (NKR), which is 14.3 per cent more
than in the same period of 2005.

The number of serious and especially serious crimes grew from 85
to 104 in the first six months of 2006. In the first half of 2006,
four crimes which involved the use of weapons and explosives and two
murders were committed in the NKR, while no such cases were registered
in the same period of 2005.

In the first half of 2006, the rate of solving crimes in the republic
accounted for 86 per cent compared with 92.9 per cent in the same
period of 2005.