October 23, 2013 | 10:47
YEREVAN. – A criminal case has been filed in connection with the adversary opening fire on the vehicles traveling along the Berd-Ijevan motorway in Armenia’s Tavush Region.
Armenian MOD Investigation Service Senior Officer Meri Sargsyan told the aforesaid to Armenian News-NEWS.am.
She added that the criminal case is launched on charges of murder and attempted murder based on national, racial or religious hatred, or religious fanaticism.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, the adversary opened fire, on Tuesday at around 1pm-2pm, on the vehicles traveling along the Berd-Ijevan motorway in Armenia’s Tavush Region. Those in civilian and military vehicles, alike, suffered from the shots. As a result of the shots fired upon a military motorcade, conscript, Private Garik Poghosyan (born in 1994) died, informed the Armenian MOD press service. In addition, conscripts, Privates Artur Andranikyan (born in 1994), Arayik Zhamharyan (born in 1994), and Martin Petrosyan (born in 1994) sustained varying degrees of gunshot wounds. The office of Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, was informed of this incident.