“The sorrow is driving my family crazy”
Canadian-Armenian Lara Aharonyan has been living in Armenia for ten years and has a 6 month old son. Although her son is 6 months old, she is already concerned about his future. She and her son joined the action called "Army without Murderers" organized near the government building today.
"My son will decide to serve in the army or not, but I am fighting to make sure there will be no murders in the army when it comes time for him to serve," Lara Aharonyan told "A1+".
Citizens organized the action and had been holding heated debates over the murders of soldiers in peace, particularly the murder of Aghasi Abrahamyan at the "Yeghnikner" military unit of the NKR.
Joining the protesters were the parents of Tigran Hambardzumyan, who was brutally murdered at the military unit in Karmrakar just two months ago.
"I wouldn't like to show photos of how brutally my son was killed. My son was headless and he was tortured after his death. Nobody has been arrested for his murder to this day. I demand that Serzh Sargsyan reveal my son's murder. The sorrow is driving my family crazy. If I show those photos on the Internet, people will go crazy. After all that, prosecutors want to prove to me that my son committed suicide and removed the skin of his head. Do you understand? Bodies are sent from the army every day. Where are we sending our sons?" Tigran Hambardzumyan's father, Benik Hambardzumyan told "A1+".
The parents, who have been demanding revelation of their sons' murders for the past couple of years, assure that their struggle is only aimed at ensuring the safety of all soldiers in the army.
"The murders committed in the army are not revealed since they are under the patronage of RA Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan," father of deceased soldier Gegham Sergoyan says. According to the official version, the commander shot his son for not wearing a hat and belt.
The parents of the deceased demand the revelation of their sons' murders from corresponding bodies. They were demanding a meeting with RA Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan, but the latter had left for the NKR.
A similar action is scheduled to take place next week.
