MURDERER OF ARMENIAN SOLDIER RELEASED BY TURKISH COURT
news.am
August 1, 2011
Armenia
Murderer of Armenian solider was released during the first court
hearing in Turkey.
The hearing on killing of Sevak Sahin, Armenian by origin, lasted
13 hours, Vatan newspaper reports. The judge decided that suspect
Kvanc Agaoglu has no reasons to escape and released him changing
judicial restraint.
During the next hearing judge will consider testimony of Sahin's
fiancee Melani Kumruyan who claims that the soldier had problems
with commanders.
Prosecutors demand only nine-year sentence for Agaoglu on charges of
reckless homicide.
25-year-old Sevak graduated from Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul
TechnicalUniversity. He served in the military unit of the gendarmerie
in Kozluk district of Batman province. He would have discharged from
the army in 23 days.
Gendarmerie stated he was killed from gunshot wounds, while playing
with a gun with his friend on April 24. However, Sevak's parents do
not believe in it and demand a thorough investigation of his death.
news.am
August 1, 2011
Armenia
Murderer of Armenian solider was released during the first court
hearing in Turkey.
The hearing on killing of Sevak Sahin, Armenian by origin, lasted
13 hours, Vatan newspaper reports. The judge decided that suspect
Kvanc Agaoglu has no reasons to escape and released him changing
judicial restraint.
During the next hearing judge will consider testimony of Sahin's
fiancee Melani Kumruyan who claims that the soldier had problems
with commanders.
Prosecutors demand only nine-year sentence for Agaoglu on charges of
reckless homicide.
25-year-old Sevak graduated from Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul
TechnicalUniversity. He served in the military unit of the gendarmerie
in Kozluk district of Batman province. He would have discharged from
the army in 23 days.
Gendarmerie stated he was killed from gunshot wounds, while playing
with a gun with his friend on April 24. However, Sevak's parents do
not believe in it and demand a thorough investigation of his death.