03/03/2015 17:37
Criminal case opened over death of soldier A. Karapetyan
The Main Military Investigative Department of Armenia’s Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case in connection with the killing of Arsen Karapetyan, a serviceman of Defense Army of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. A. Karapetyan was killed by a shot fired from the Azerbaijani side Tuesday evening.
The case was opened under the Criminal Code’s Article 104 part 2 points 1 and 13 (murder of two or more people, committed by a group of people or an organized group out of ethnic, racial or religious hatred), according to Investigative Committee. An investigation is underway.
Soldier Arsen Karapetyan died of a gunshot wound to the face as a result of a shot fired from the Azerbaijani side with intent to kill. The incident occurred on a frontline position of a military unit of NKR’s Defense Army around 8:50 pm on March 2.