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    OFFICER'S MURDER TRIAL DELAYED

    http://www.a1plus.am/en/politics/2011/09/05/artak-nazaryan
    08:14 pm | September 05, 2011

    A court in Tavush Marz today adjourned the hearing in the death case
    of 30-year-old army officer Artak Nazaryan who died in the army in
    July 2010.

    Four servicemen were arrested in August 2010 in connection with the
    suspicious death of the junior army officer. Military investigators
    acknowledged that Lieutenant Artak Nazarian was ill-treated by at
    least one fellow officer and soldiers of his unit stationed in the
    northeastern Tavush region bordering Azerbaijan. They effectively
    insisted, nonetheless, that he shot himself while on combat duty.

    Artak's sister Tsovinar Nazaryan told A1+ that the sitting was
    postponed as the four servicemen had not been transported to Yerevan
    from Berd.

    Therefore, the aggrieved party was again unable to motion for holding
    the court sittings in Yerevan.

    "The murder took place in Ijevan while the trial is held in a remote
    town in Tavush Marz, in Berd. Every time we come hear to learn that
    the trial has been adjourned," said Tsovinar Nazaryan adding that the
    previous meeting was postponed due to the absence of the prosecutor.

    The court has not set the date of the next hearing.

    Nazaryan was found dead at an army outpost on July 27. Nazarian's
    relatives say a forensic examination exposed numerous injuries to
    his face, hands, shoulders and feet, makes them believe that they
    were inflicted several hours before the shooting. Till today, they
    believe that Artak was killed by other servicemen.

    A statement by the Defense Ministry said a criminal investigation
    into the incident waa being conducted under a Criminal Code article
    that deals with "inducing suicides" through violence and humiliation.

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