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    'THERE WAS NO LONGER AN EYE' TO SAVE: WHY JUNIOR OFFICER THREW HIS KEYS AT KARABAKH ARMY CONSCRIPT

    epress.am
    12.16.2011

    It will take 10 to 15 days for Narek Avetisyan to recover from his
    eye surgery, Georgy Grigoryan, head of the Vascular Disease Department
    at the Ophthalmological Center named after S. Malayan, told Epress.am.

    Right now, the young man is doing better and his friends have begun
    to come visit him.

    Recall, according to Yerevan-based Helsinki Association for Human
    Rights, Avetisyan's right eye was knocked out on Dec. 14 from a blow
    by junior officer Armen Tovmasyan who threw his keys at him at the
    mess hall of the Yeghnikner military base in Nagorno Karabakh where
    the young man was stationed during his mandatory military service.

    According to the human rights organization, when the 18-year-old
    conscript was taken to the hospital in Stepanakert, the junior officer
    visited him, persuading him to say that he (Tovmasyan) threw a pair
    of keys at Avetisyan but the latter was unable to catch them and
    they hit his eye instead. The reason for Tovmasyan throwing the keys
    in the first place reportedly was that the junior officer asked the
    young conscript to take the current (cleaning) shift at the cafeteria,
    which Avetisyan apparently refused, saying he just spent 2 weeks in
    the field and had walked 20 kilometers.

    >From the Stepanakert hospital, the young patient was moved to the
    Malayan eye center where he underwent surgery yesterday. Grigoryan
    said they were unable to save the young boy's eye because "there
    was no longer an eye," the blow was that strong. Doctors removed
    Avetisyan's right eye, placing a temporary prosthetic instead so
    that in future, he might try to undergo plastic surgery and have a
    permanent prosthetic in place. It will move, but of course, the young
    man will never be able to see from that eye.

    Note, the Republic of Armenia Ministry of Defense earlier informed
    local daily Haykakan Jamanak ("Armenian Times") that a criminal case
    under charges of "abuse of authority" has been launched.

    Photo courtesy of Helsinki Association of Human Rights.

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