Court dismisses petition for release of Suren Khachatryan's son and bodyguard on bail

 Syunik Regional Court has dismissed the petition of lawyers for release of Syunik Governor Suren Khachatryan's son and bodyguard on bail. The press-service of the
Armenian Defense Ministry told ArmInfo a working group of the Investigation Services at the Defense Ministry has charged Tigran Khachatryan and Zarzand Nikoghosyan with Article 103.1 (murder) and Article 235 (illegal use, storage and bearing weapons) of the Criminal Code of Armenia.

To recall, shootouts in front of Syunik Governor's house at 00:10am on June 2 killed former candidate for Goris mayor Avo Budaghyan and wounded his brother Artak Budaghyan (who is in a grave situationcurrently), a commander at a military unit in NKR.  There was another wounded, Nikolay Abrahamyan, a relative and bodyguard of Governor S.  Khachartyan. yunik Governor Suren Khachatryan's son, Tigran Khachatryan, has been arrested over latest shootouts in Syunik. Earlier, the governor's bodyguard Zarzand Nikoghosyan was arrested over the case.

Suren Khachatryan sent in his resignation overnight declaring that everyone must answer for his mistakes. He regretted for failing to prevent the tragic incident near his house. 





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