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FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIAL BLAMES SEYRAN OHANYAN FOR NON-COMBAT ARMY DEATH
epress.am
09.05.2011 14:22
The breadth of responsibility for the death of 18-year-old conscript
Aghasi Abrahamyan rests with Armenian defense minister Seyran Ohanyan
(pictured), said former deputy national security minister and current
Armenian National Congress representative Gurgen Yeghiazaryan,
speaking to reporters in Yerevan today.
Recall, Abrahamyan was serving in an army unit near Nagorno-Karabakh
when he was hospitalized with serious injuries on Aug. 26 and died
soon after. Relatives say the young man was beaten to death. Later,
a defense ministry spokesperson stated that two men - one, a senior
officer; the other, a soldier - were arrested in connection with this
case, but provided no other details. A doctor was reportedly arrested
for stating the cause of death incorrectly.
"We can't have such an army in our region. Those murderers have to
stand before the court. Even if there are no means; those mans have
to be procured so that the issue of our children's lives is taken
seriously. This mother who loses a son under peaceful conditions...
this is in no way justified. When a son dies on the battlefield,
glory to that mother. And the first and last [person] accountable for
all this is the minister, who was unable to bring our army to order,"
said Yeghiazaryan.
epress.am
09.05.2011 14:22
The breadth of responsibility for the death of 18-year-old conscript
Aghasi Abrahamyan rests with Armenian defense minister Seyran Ohanyan
(pictured), said former deputy national security minister and current
Armenian National Congress representative Gurgen Yeghiazaryan,
speaking to reporters in Yerevan today.
Recall, Abrahamyan was serving in an army unit near Nagorno-Karabakh
when he was hospitalized with serious injuries on Aug. 26 and died
soon after. Relatives say the young man was beaten to death. Later,
a defense ministry spokesperson stated that two men - one, a senior
officer; the other, a soldier - were arrested in connection with this
case, but provided no other details. A doctor was reportedly arrested
for stating the cause of death incorrectly.
"We can't have such an army in our region. Those murderers have to
stand before the court. Even if there are no means; those mans have
to be procured so that the issue of our children's lives is taken
seriously. This mother who loses a son under peaceful conditions...
this is in no way justified. When a son dies on the battlefield,
glory to that mother. And the first and last [person] accountable for
all this is the minister, who was unable to bring our army to order,"
said Yeghiazaryan.