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The Investigative Committee of Armenia probed a total of 960 domestic violence cases in 2022, the law enforcement agency reported on Wednesday.

Indictments were handed down in 122 of them, and cases against 126 individuals were filed to courts. 301 criminal probes were stopped. Investigations into another 383 cases continued in January this year.

They included nine cases of homicide, four cases of inflicting bodily harm to another person, one case of kidnapping, one case of sexual assault and two cases of sexual assault against persons under 16 years old, as well as physical abuse, infliction of physical or emotional pain and non-payment of alimony.

Of the 125 defendants, 108 were spouses, 4 were grandparents, 5 were siblings and 8 were children or grandchildren.

125 persons were not prosecuted on non-rehabilitation grounds or their criminal prosecution was ended last year.