Road Police and officers of the Defense Ministry of
Armenia are trying to obstruct entry of a cortege carrying body of the killed
soldier Luks Stepanyan to Yerevan. The soldier was killed by his comrade in
army in Noyemberyan on May 15.
The cortege stopped on Sevan-Yerevan highway and the
relatives of the killed soldier are squabbling with the police. As a result,
the relatives and the villagers of the killed soldier damaged the police
vehicle.
Artsrun Hovhannissyan, Spokesperson of Defense
Minister Seyran Ohanyan, writes on his Facebook page that the minister will
soon arrive at the spot.
Earlier, father of the killed, resident of Verin
Getashen, Gegharkunik Region, Ishkhan Stepanyan said that he intends to deliver
the body of his son to the government building in Yerevan and demand
explanations from the defense minister. He told media that they are unaware of
the real reasons of their son's death, as the Defense Ministry representatives
have provided them with no reasonable explanations of the incident. The relatives and the family of the killed
soldier slam the ministry for 'irresponsibility and ignorance.' To recall, on
May 15 at 3:30pm, soldier David Khachatryan fired at Luks Stepanyan from his
automated gun. Stepanyan died of the wound in the head. Another soldier Hrachya
Sargsyan was hospitalized with gunshot wound in the head. He is currently at
the reanimation department of the Central Clinical Hospital of the Defense
Ministry.