Officer charged over 20-year-old soldier’s death

Major Emil Avetisian, 41, has been charged in connection with the death of 20-year-old soldier Arman Muradian who died of a gunshot wound on July 30 in a frontline position of a military unit in the northeast of Artsakh, Aysor.am was informed by the Investigation Department of Armenian Defense Ministry.

E. Avetisian was charged under the RA Criminal Code’s Article 358 part 3 point 2 (violent actions against a subordinate, committed by two or more persons), Article 358 part 2 (battery or violent actions against a subordinate in connection with performance of military duties), and Article 375 (abuse of power, transgression of authority or administrative dereliction).