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YouTube posts video on March 1 bloody events

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YouTube posted a video named "Samvel Harutyunyan's shooting March 1, 2008."

Samvel Harutyunyan, 29, was one of the 10 victims of the March 1 tragic events. He was lethally wounded at the intersection of Mashtots and Grigor Lusavoritch streets and taken to "Armenia" medical center where he died on April 11, 2008, without regaining consciousness.

Andranik Kocahryan, member of the disbanded fact-finding group looking into the March 1 events, says only the investigation can reveal whether the person shown on the video is Harutyunyan or not.
Vahagn Harutyunyan, head of the Special Investigation Service's Investigation Group heading the probe into the unrest, says he has not seen the video to express an opinion.

Harutyunyan's parents say their son died after being brutally beaten. Samvel underwent four surgeries but doctors were unable to save his life. Several times before his death Samvel tried to speak to his parents but he was unable to utter a single word.
According to the forensic enquiry, Samvel had an open head injury.

Three years have passed since the March 1 bloody clashes, but none of the ten murders has been disclosed to date.