YEREVAN.- Armenia registered 2,026 cases of violence against women in 2012, representative of chief criminal investigation department said.

Colonel Nelli Duryan told reporters four murders and one case of incitement to suicide were registered during this period.

Domestic violence makes one third of all cases, she said, adding that often women are unwilling to report about the cases considering it a family affair.

During the same period, 216 cases of violence against minors were registered, 15 of them domestic violence cases.