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HE HAD A GUN, BUT THERE WERE NO FINGERPRINTS: EXPERT CONVINCED ARMENIAN SOLDIER WAS MURDERED
11.20.2013 22:37 epress.am
The investigation into the death of military conscript Manuchar
Meruzhan Manucharyan is biased, said Ruben Martirosyan, an expert
on army cases with the Helsinki Association for Human Rights, in
conversation with Epress.am today.
Manucharyan was drafted to the army in the summer of 2012 from the
Vanadzor military commissariat. He died on Jul. 31, 2012, as a result
of three gunshot wounds. A criminal case was launched under RA Criminal
Code Article 110 Section 1 (inciting suicide).
"The preliminary investigation is biased because only suicide is
being considered [as the cause of death]. From the very beginning of
the criminal case, the investigative body declared that Manucharyan
killed himself. So that this version is not questioned, the Ministry
of Defense's Investigative Service spread false information that
supposedly Manucharyan was a Jehovah's Witness and/or supposedly there
was a girl he loved and when that girl rejected his love, he killed
himself. These two stories are completely untrue," Martirosyan said.
The expert said that in this case several examinations were appointed,
some of the results of which have been received, which, Martirosyan
said, according to the established vicious tradition, have not led to
any significant conclusions. "At the time of the murder, Manucharyan
was a sentry [...] An examination revealed no fingerprints on the
weapon in his possession, the fact of which is sufficient evidence
and grounds that he was killed. At the very least, speaking about the
absence of fingerprints is casual and ridiculous, since Manucharyan
was carrying out his sentry service with a weapon. Under such
circumstances, fingerprints could be erased either by the criminals
or the investigative body, with the aim of presenting the incident
as suicide," he said.
Martirosyan stressed that also giving cause to doubt the objectivity
of the investigation is that there has been no expert opinion on
the recording of video cameras in the military unit for two and a
half months.
"The aforementioned provides grounds to conclude that once again
the defense ministry's investigative service 'reveals' the case of a
murdered soldier by misleading the deceased's relatives and the public,
spreading false information, and concealing the true criminals,"
concluded the expert.
http://www.epress.am/en/2013/11/20/he-had-a-gun-but-there-were-no-fingerprints-expert-convinced-armenian-soldier-was-murdered.html
From: A. Papazian
11.20.2013 22:37 epress.am
The investigation into the death of military conscript Manuchar
Meruzhan Manucharyan is biased, said Ruben Martirosyan, an expert
on army cases with the Helsinki Association for Human Rights, in
conversation with Epress.am today.
Manucharyan was drafted to the army in the summer of 2012 from the
Vanadzor military commissariat. He died on Jul. 31, 2012, as a result
of three gunshot wounds. A criminal case was launched under RA Criminal
Code Article 110 Section 1 (inciting suicide).
"The preliminary investigation is biased because only suicide is
being considered [as the cause of death]. From the very beginning of
the criminal case, the investigative body declared that Manucharyan
killed himself. So that this version is not questioned, the Ministry
of Defense's Investigative Service spread false information that
supposedly Manucharyan was a Jehovah's Witness and/or supposedly there
was a girl he loved and when that girl rejected his love, he killed
himself. These two stories are completely untrue," Martirosyan said.
The expert said that in this case several examinations were appointed,
some of the results of which have been received, which, Martirosyan
said, according to the established vicious tradition, have not led to
any significant conclusions. "At the time of the murder, Manucharyan
was a sentry [...] An examination revealed no fingerprints on the
weapon in his possession, the fact of which is sufficient evidence
and grounds that he was killed. At the very least, speaking about the
absence of fingerprints is casual and ridiculous, since Manucharyan
was carrying out his sentry service with a weapon. Under such
circumstances, fingerprints could be erased either by the criminals
or the investigative body, with the aim of presenting the incident
as suicide," he said.
Martirosyan stressed that also giving cause to doubt the objectivity
of the investigation is that there has been no expert opinion on
the recording of video cameras in the military unit for two and a
half months.
"The aforementioned provides grounds to conclude that once again
the defense ministry's investigative service 'reveals' the case of a
murdered soldier by misleading the deceased's relatives and the public,
spreading false information, and concealing the true criminals,"
concluded the expert.
http://www.epress.am/en/2013/11/20/he-had-a-gun-but-there-were-no-fingerprints-expert-convinced-armenian-soldier-was-murdered.html
From: A. Papazian