12/06/2014 15:16
Conscript detained over soldier’s death
The Investigative Service of Armenian Defense Ministry opened a criminal case under Article 373 part 3 of the Criminal Code in connection with the death of a serviceman on a frontline position, Aysor.am was informed by Mary Sargsyan, a senior officer of the Investigative Service.
A conscript, private Volodya Babikyan has been detained on suspicion of causing death by negligence due to violation of the gun handling rules - under Article 128 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
A preliminary investigation is underway.
As was reported earlier, soldier Derenik Manukyan, 20, died on June 11 on a frontline position of a military unit of the Defense Army of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic in the northern (Gyulistan) direction. He suffered a gunshot wound to the head.