Soldier charged
In relation to the death of temporary soldier at N military unit of the NKR on 12 October 2011, Yurik Nersisyan, on October 17, temporary soldier of the same military unit Rafik Mnatsakanyan was charged under Part 1, Article 359 of the RA Criminal Code with the attributes of the crime (violating rules of conduct of relations between soldiers, humiliating, persecuting and attacking each other due to the lack of relations between subordinates). Mnatsakanyan has acknowledged himself guilty and has given a testimony.
On the same day, a petition was presented to the first instance court of general jurisdiction of Syunik province to select imprisonment as a precautionary measure for R. Mntasakanyan. The court upheld the petition and selected imprisonment as a precautionary measure for Mnatsakanyan.
Preliminary inquiry continues, reports the investigative service of the RA Ministry of Defense.
