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Command of Armenian military unit sacked over soldier's death
19:23 - 18.05.13
Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan has issued an instruction for
sacking the senior command of the Noyemberyan military in the wake of
the tragic incident that saw an army private killed.
The spokesperson for the Ministry, Artsrun Hovhannisyan, has confirmed
the report to Tert.am.
Luxe Stepanyan (19), a resident of the Verin Getashen village (Martuni
region), was shot in the head by a fellow serviceman amid a dispute on
Wednesday and killed shortly after. His parents wanted to carry the
soldier's dead body to Yerevan on Saturday morning as a sign of
protest against the incident, but after negotiations with the chief of
police and the minister of defense they went back to the village to
arrange the funeral.
In a Facebook post on Saturday afternoon, Hovhannisyan considered
their decision pre-arranged, adding that the deceased himself had
provoked the quarrel in the military unit.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian
19:23 - 18.05.13
Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan has issued an instruction for
sacking the senior command of the Noyemberyan military in the wake of
the tragic incident that saw an army private killed.
The spokesperson for the Ministry, Artsrun Hovhannisyan, has confirmed
the report to Tert.am.
Luxe Stepanyan (19), a resident of the Verin Getashen village (Martuni
region), was shot in the head by a fellow serviceman amid a dispute on
Wednesday and killed shortly after. His parents wanted to carry the
soldier's dead body to Yerevan on Saturday morning as a sign of
protest against the incident, but after negotiations with the chief of
police and the minister of defense they went back to the village to
arrange the funeral.
In a Facebook post on Saturday afternoon, Hovhannisyan considered
their decision pre-arranged, adding that the deceased himself had
provoked the quarrel in the military unit.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian