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ANOTHER SUSPICIOUS CONSCRIPT DEATH: TEENAGER DIES OF CHICKENPOX AFTER ARMY DISCIPLINARY ACTION
By Sara Khojoyan
ArmeniaNow
13.01.12 | 15:28
Members of the family of 18-year-old conscript Hayk Khachatryan,
who served only six months in the army and died of chickenpox disease
complication two weeks ago have vowed to avenge his death by seeking
punishment of army officers who the family says are responsible.
Khachatryan, resident of Spandaryan village in Shirak province, died
on December 30, in Nork Infection Hospital in Yerevan. The details
of his death were passed to mass media by the soldier's grandmother
Aida Avagyan.
"During my grandson's funeral one of the soldiers told us that Hayk
was forced to run when he had high temperature and was sent to keep
guard when tears ran down his face. Of course, they deny everything,"
Avagyan says.
Movses Khachatryan, father of the soldier, who on December 29 was in
the hospital with his son, says that till the end doctors could not
understand what problem his son had, and his son was taken to Nork
Infection Hospital only after the father insisted on it (Hayk died
in the hospital).
"In the beginning they [doctors] said that the problem is in his
appendix, then something else. My son was killed, as if my child was
a Kinder [Egg] toy for them. They opened [him], and only then they
understood what to diagnose," Hayks father says.
The representatives of the Investigation Service of the Ministry of
Defense of Armenia told ArmeniaNow that it is not known yet when the
results of the forensic medicine examination will be ready, and only
based on them it will be possible to find those who are responsible
for Khachatryan's death.
Nevertheless, members of Khachatryan's family do not believe that
the examination will bring any result, and his father is planning to
appeal to international institutions.
Movses Khachatryan, a 20-year police officer, has submitted his
resignation to the police force. "I have served 20 years for this
country, and this is how they pay me back."
By Sara Khojoyan
ArmeniaNow
13.01.12 | 15:28
Members of the family of 18-year-old conscript Hayk Khachatryan,
who served only six months in the army and died of chickenpox disease
complication two weeks ago have vowed to avenge his death by seeking
punishment of army officers who the family says are responsible.
Khachatryan, resident of Spandaryan village in Shirak province, died
on December 30, in Nork Infection Hospital in Yerevan. The details
of his death were passed to mass media by the soldier's grandmother
Aida Avagyan.
"During my grandson's funeral one of the soldiers told us that Hayk
was forced to run when he had high temperature and was sent to keep
guard when tears ran down his face. Of course, they deny everything,"
Avagyan says.
Movses Khachatryan, father of the soldier, who on December 29 was in
the hospital with his son, says that till the end doctors could not
understand what problem his son had, and his son was taken to Nork
Infection Hospital only after the father insisted on it (Hayk died
in the hospital).
"In the beginning they [doctors] said that the problem is in his
appendix, then something else. My son was killed, as if my child was
a Kinder [Egg] toy for them. They opened [him], and only then they
understood what to diagnose," Hayks father says.
The representatives of the Investigation Service of the Ministry of
Defense of Armenia told ArmeniaNow that it is not known yet when the
results of the forensic medicine examination will be ready, and only
based on them it will be possible to find those who are responsible
for Khachatryan's death.
Nevertheless, members of Khachatryan's family do not believe that
the examination will bring any result, and his father is planning to
appeal to international institutions.
Movses Khachatryan, a 20-year police officer, has submitted his
resignation to the police force. "I have served 20 years for this
country, and this is how they pay me back."