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DEATH OF ARMENIAN SOLDIER REPORTED ON THE DAY OF HIS FUNERAL
04.08.2015 10:59 epress.am
Resident of the village of Nigavan in the Aragatsotn Province of
Armenia, senior officer Hayk Keshishoghlyan died in a military unit
deployed in the northeastern direction of the republic on the night
of April 3, Artashes Galstyan, Village Head of Nigavan, said in an
interview with Armenian Hraparak daily. The RA Investigative Committee
reported of the incident on April 7, without mentioning the day of
the death. According to preliminary information, Keshishoghlyan, 43,
died of a gunshot wound as a result of a fire from the Azerbaijani
side, the authorities said.
When contacted by Epress.am for further clarifications about
the incident on Tuesday, April 7, the RA Investigative Committee
spokesperson Sona Truzyan asked the reporter to send a written
request. Epress.am has not received a response as of 10 AM, April 8.
Meanwhile, Artashes Galstyan revealed the details of the incident to
Hraparak: "It was foggy. When it cleared, the adversary opened fire,
[Keshishoghlyan] was hit by three bullets. While waiting for help to
arrive, he probably tried to crawl to the positions, was unable to,
and rolled down into a gorge. They tried for a day to recover his
body from the gorge, he had fallen right in front of the positions
of the enemy. They only managed to retrieve the body the next day."
Keshishoghlyan's funeral was held on April 7. His family, as stated by
the Village Head, lives in difficult social conditions. The officer
left behind three sons: one of them studies at a military institute
in Russia; the other serves in the Army in Stepanakert; the third
son is a school student.
http://www.epress.am/en/2015/04/08/death-of-armenian-soldier-reported-on-the-day-of-his-funeral.html
04.08.2015 10:59 epress.am
Resident of the village of Nigavan in the Aragatsotn Province of
Armenia, senior officer Hayk Keshishoghlyan died in a military unit
deployed in the northeastern direction of the republic on the night
of April 3, Artashes Galstyan, Village Head of Nigavan, said in an
interview with Armenian Hraparak daily. The RA Investigative Committee
reported of the incident on April 7, without mentioning the day of
the death. According to preliminary information, Keshishoghlyan, 43,
died of a gunshot wound as a result of a fire from the Azerbaijani
side, the authorities said.
When contacted by Epress.am for further clarifications about
the incident on Tuesday, April 7, the RA Investigative Committee
spokesperson Sona Truzyan asked the reporter to send a written
request. Epress.am has not received a response as of 10 AM, April 8.
Meanwhile, Artashes Galstyan revealed the details of the incident to
Hraparak: "It was foggy. When it cleared, the adversary opened fire,
[Keshishoghlyan] was hit by three bullets. While waiting for help to
arrive, he probably tried to crawl to the positions, was unable to,
and rolled down into a gorge. They tried for a day to recover his
body from the gorge, he had fallen right in front of the positions
of the enemy. They only managed to retrieve the body the next day."
Keshishoghlyan's funeral was held on April 7. His family, as stated by
the Village Head, lives in difficult social conditions. The officer
left behind three sons: one of them studies at a military institute
in Russia; the other serves in the Army in Stepanakert; the third
son is a school student.
http://www.epress.am/en/2015/04/08/death-of-armenian-soldier-reported-on-the-day-of-his-funeral.html