Military prosecutor: “Soldier was possibly murdered”
Lendrush Nazlukhanyan, who was arrested for the death of soldier Hayk Mkrtchyan in one of the military units of the NKR Defense Army in Askeran on September 7, will most likely be charged with murder, RA Military Prosecutor Gevorg Kostanyan told "A1+".
According to a message from the Ministry of Defense, a criminal case has been instigated in relation to the soldier's death according to the attributes of Part 3, Article 373 of the RA Criminal Code (violating the rules of using arms, ammunition and objects that are more dangerous to the environment the careless use of which led to the death of a person).
According to the military prosecutor, the case is instigated on the grounds of existing facts, but the circumstances may change during the preliminary inquiry.
"There may be additional facts, and the volume of the charge may change. This time, the synthesis of the facts that existed at that moment led to the instigation of a case according to the attributes of Part 3 of Article 373," Mr. Kostanyan said.
According to the military prosecutor, the Military Police worked very efficiently and revealed all circumstances of the case all day yesterday. Now the police have an episode of the dispute between soldiers Lendrush Nazlukhanyan and Hayk Mkrtchyan and the fact of the latter's death that followed the dispute.
"After the evidence is obtained, the soldier under arrest will be quickly charged. Although we shouldn't get ahead of ourselves, we can say that according to the information at our disposal, the charge will be according to the attributes of Article 104 (intentional murder)," the military prosecutor informed.
