Manvel Hazroyan is main defendant
The investigation into the army incident at the frontline of the NKR armed forces continues, Mary Sargsyan, a senior official at PR department of Armenian Defense Ministry's Investigation Branch, told A1+.
According to the Ministry representative, serviceman of the NKR Defense Army Manvel Hazroyan who earlier pleaded guilty of the crime, has been taken to Armenia and is undergoing treatment at Yerevan Garrison Hospital.
On December 6 Hazroyan's Advocates K. Tumanyan and E. Marukyan petitioned for Hazroyan's transfer.
Four soldiers were killed and four injured in the incident that took place on November 19 night on the southern border of Nagorno-Karabakh, in Martuni region.
Levon Yesayan, 19, Nerses Galoyan, 20, Narek Sahakyan, 20, and Nver Sargsyan, 19, were killed. Conscripts Sargis Melkumyan, 19, Khachik Alexanyan, 18, Masis Grigoryan, 19, and Manvel Hazroyan, 19, were wounded.
Serviceman Manvel Hazroyan injured during the incident was arrested on charges of killing four soldiers. He was charged under Article 104, part 2 (assassination of one or more persons), 34- 104 part 2, paragraph 1 (assassination attempt of one or more persons), Article 365, part 1 (violation of procedure for military service).
