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Murder Not Suicide, Insists Human Rights Expert at Autopsy of Killed Soldier
03.01.2012 19:13 epress.am
The post-mortem examination of military draftee Tigran Varyan, who was
killed on Feb. 29 at a Nagorno-Karbakh military base, which concluded
late this afternoon, proved that the young soldier had not committed
suicide, but rather was the victim of an intentional murder, Ruben
Martirosyan, a specialist with the Yerevan-based Helsinki Association
for Human Rights, informed Epress.am.
Martirosyan recalled that investigator Yura Badalyan earlier had
declared that Tigran killed himself with the AKM gun he was assigned.
However, the autopsy revealed that there was trauma and bruising on
different areas of the soldier's face, around his lips, jaw and nose -
the result of blows with a blunt object applied prior to death.
The army doctor present at the autopsy agreed that it's impossible for
such injuries to have been caused by the victim's own hand.
`It can be assumed that a beating was followed by the shot; that is,
suicide is ruled out - this is intentional murder.They should've
written death by gunshot wound delivered under unconfirmed
circumstances - initially characterizing the incident as a suicide is
a crime,' said the human rights campaigner.
Tigran's family also rules out the possibility of suicide, his cousin
Tamara Gziryan told Epress.am.
`Yesterday they told us that supposedly Tigran killed himself, but we
don't believe this. We are kept in the dark. We don't know what to do
and who to contact,' she said, adding that serving with Tigran at the
same army base was his older brother, who, however, was discharged
three months ago. The brother said they had settled into the base and
didn't have any problems with anyone.
`We spoke with Tigran over the phone two days before the incident. He
was in high spirits; he had no complaints. So, you see, it's
impossible that he would've decided to commit suicide in a day's
time,' said Tamara.
From: Baghdasarian
03.01.2012 19:13 epress.am
The post-mortem examination of military draftee Tigran Varyan, who was
killed on Feb. 29 at a Nagorno-Karbakh military base, which concluded
late this afternoon, proved that the young soldier had not committed
suicide, but rather was the victim of an intentional murder, Ruben
Martirosyan, a specialist with the Yerevan-based Helsinki Association
for Human Rights, informed Epress.am.
Martirosyan recalled that investigator Yura Badalyan earlier had
declared that Tigran killed himself with the AKM gun he was assigned.
However, the autopsy revealed that there was trauma and bruising on
different areas of the soldier's face, around his lips, jaw and nose -
the result of blows with a blunt object applied prior to death.
The army doctor present at the autopsy agreed that it's impossible for
such injuries to have been caused by the victim's own hand.
`It can be assumed that a beating was followed by the shot; that is,
suicide is ruled out - this is intentional murder.They should've
written death by gunshot wound delivered under unconfirmed
circumstances - initially characterizing the incident as a suicide is
a crime,' said the human rights campaigner.
Tigran's family also rules out the possibility of suicide, his cousin
Tamara Gziryan told Epress.am.
`Yesterday they told us that supposedly Tigran killed himself, but we
don't believe this. We are kept in the dark. We don't know what to do
and who to contact,' she said, adding that serving with Tigran at the
same army base was his older brother, who, however, was discharged
three months ago. The brother said they had settled into the base and
didn't have any problems with anyone.
`We spoke with Tigran over the phone two days before the incident. He
was in high spirits; he had no complaints. So, you see, it's
impossible that he would've decided to commit suicide in a day's
time,' said Tamara.
From: Baghdasarian