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The kid who died earlier was beaten by drunk Armenian soldiers.
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Non combat death: Conscript died as a result of beating
Nineteen-year-old conscript Gevorg Kotinyan, who died in one of the military units in Nagorno-Karabakh last Sunday, was killed as a result of severe beating, Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan announced at the National Assembly, saying that Kotinyan was killed by three people.
“The death happened because of breach of inter-personal relations, as a result of a quarrel followed by a scuffle, which was proved also by the post-mortem examination. A criminal case has been filed, and all the three persons in charge have been revealed. Those guilty will be punished after the investigation is over,” Ohanyan said.
Despite this quite responsible statement, the press service of the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Defense told ArmeniaNow that there are no detainees in this case now. Mary Sargsyan, head of the press service, however, did not exclude that there will be detainees at the end of the day.
Earlier the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Defense stated that the circle of the crime committers had already been revealed. According to Kotinyan’s relatives, it was four other conscripts serving with Kotinyan who had beaten him.
A criminal case is filed on Kotinyan’s murder under the Criminal Code of Armenia (Article 359 (Breach of relations, prescribed by field manuals, between servicemen not subordinated to each other, committed by a group of persons), as well as Article 112 (Infliction of willful heavy damage to health, committed by a group of persons, causing the death of the aggrieved by negligence)).
Human rights champion Artur Sakunts, Head of the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor Office, who visited Kotinyan’s relatives, told ArmeniaNow that according to some sources, Kotinyan was beaten by four conscripts (from Jajur, Stepanakert, Artashat and Yerevan), who were under the influence of alcohol.
Sakunts says that the charges against them correspond to the crime they have committed.
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Four arrested in investigation of another death-in-the-ranks case
Four conscripts have been arrested as part of the investigation into the case of 19-year-old conscript Gevorg Kotinyan, who was beaten to death at a military unit in Nagorno-Karabakh last week.
According to Mary Sargsyan, head of the press service of the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Defense, conscripts Taron Suvaryan, Vahe Aghajanyan, charged under the Criminal Code of Armenia, Article 359 (breach of relations, prescribed by field manuals, between servicemen not subordinated to each other, committed by a group of persons), as well as Article 112 (infliction of willful heavy damage to health, committed by a group of persons, causing the death of the aggrieved by negligence) were taken into custody on February 10.
Junior sergeant, conscript Margar Davtyan, who is also arrested in this case, is charged under Article 38-359, part 2 of the Criminal Code of Armenia (supporting the crime), Article 112, and Article 375 (Abuse of power, transgression of authority or administrative dereliction.))
Senior lieutenant Armen Rafayelyan is also arrested, under penal code Article 375.
In their guilt is established, privates Suvaryan, Aghajanyan and junior sergeant Davtyan may be imprisoned for between 7 and 10 years, and lieutenant Rafayelyan may face an imprisonment of between 2 and 5 years.
According to Sargsyan, the results of the forensic examination of the dead soldier’s body are not ready yet; however, the post-mortem examination showed that his death was caused by severe beating.
Head of the Helsinki Citizens Assembly’s Vanadzor office Artur Sakunts, who visited Kotinyan’s relatives, told ArmeniaNow that according to some sources, Kotinyan was beaten by four conscripts who were under the influence of alcohol.
Sargsyan, however, does not confirm this information, saying that a similar examination is being conducted.
“The results will come very soon, and only then we can say for sure whether they were drunk, and if so, what was the degree of their being drunk, and how much it had influenced their actions,” Sargsyan told ArmeniaNow.
The kid who died earlier was beaten by drunk Armenian soldiers.
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Non combat death: Conscript died as a result of beating
Nineteen-year-old conscript Gevorg Kotinyan, who died in one of the military units in Nagorno-Karabakh last Sunday, was killed as a result of severe beating, Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan announced at the National Assembly, saying that Kotinyan was killed by three people.
“The death happened because of breach of inter-personal relations, as a result of a quarrel followed by a scuffle, which was proved also by the post-mortem examination. A criminal case has been filed, and all the three persons in charge have been revealed. Those guilty will be punished after the investigation is over,” Ohanyan said.
Despite this quite responsible statement, the press service of the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Defense told ArmeniaNow that there are no detainees in this case now. Mary Sargsyan, head of the press service, however, did not exclude that there will be detainees at the end of the day.
Earlier the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Defense stated that the circle of the crime committers had already been revealed. According to Kotinyan’s relatives, it was four other conscripts serving with Kotinyan who had beaten him.
A criminal case is filed on Kotinyan’s murder under the Criminal Code of Armenia (Article 359 (Breach of relations, prescribed by field manuals, between servicemen not subordinated to each other, committed by a group of persons), as well as Article 112 (Infliction of willful heavy damage to health, committed by a group of persons, causing the death of the aggrieved by negligence)).
Human rights champion Artur Sakunts, Head of the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor Office, who visited Kotinyan’s relatives, told ArmeniaNow that according to some sources, Kotinyan was beaten by four conscripts (from Jajur, Stepanakert, Artashat and Yerevan), who were under the influence of alcohol.
Sakunts says that the charges against them correspond to the crime they have committed.
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Four arrested in investigation of another death-in-the-ranks case
Four conscripts have been arrested as part of the investigation into the case of 19-year-old conscript Gevorg Kotinyan, who was beaten to death at a military unit in Nagorno-Karabakh last week.
According to Mary Sargsyan, head of the press service of the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Defense, conscripts Taron Suvaryan, Vahe Aghajanyan, charged under the Criminal Code of Armenia, Article 359 (breach of relations, prescribed by field manuals, between servicemen not subordinated to each other, committed by a group of persons), as well as Article 112 (infliction of willful heavy damage to health, committed by a group of persons, causing the death of the aggrieved by negligence) were taken into custody on February 10.
Junior sergeant, conscript Margar Davtyan, who is also arrested in this case, is charged under Article 38-359, part 2 of the Criminal Code of Armenia (supporting the crime), Article 112, and Article 375 (Abuse of power, transgression of authority or administrative dereliction.))
Senior lieutenant Armen Rafayelyan is also arrested, under penal code Article 375.
In their guilt is established, privates Suvaryan, Aghajanyan and junior sergeant Davtyan may be imprisoned for between 7 and 10 years, and lieutenant Rafayelyan may face an imprisonment of between 2 and 5 years.
According to Sargsyan, the results of the forensic examination of the dead soldier’s body are not ready yet; however, the post-mortem examination showed that his death was caused by severe beating.
Head of the Helsinki Citizens Assembly’s Vanadzor office Artur Sakunts, who visited Kotinyan’s relatives, told ArmeniaNow that according to some sources, Kotinyan was beaten by four conscripts who were under the influence of alcohol.
Sargsyan, however, does not confirm this information, saying that a similar examination is being conducted.
“The results will come very soon, and only then we can say for sure whether they were drunk, and if so, what was the degree of their being drunk, and how much it had influenced their actions,” Sargsyan told ArmeniaNow.
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