Five Armenian soldiers killed in an Armenian army shootout - UPDATE

Head of Vanadzor Office of Helsinki Association Arthur Sakunts revealed some details of the armed incident at an Armenian military unit on Azerbaijan’s occupied lands.

According to him, soldier who opened fire at his fellow servicemen is Yerevan resident Karo Ayvazyan. He lived in the U.S. for a while and later was convicted and deported back to Armenia, according to some sources. Sakunts also pointed out that Ayvazyan had health problems. This, however, was simply ignored when he was drafted for the military service.

--------------
11:12

Five servicemen were killed in the incident in one of the Armenian military units, the coordinator of the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor Office Arthur Sakunts said, noting that it is preliminary information that has to be clarified.

According to Sakunts, there are 4 officers and a private among the victims. The officers caught soldiers sleeping on watch. They waked them up and started humiliating them. As a result, one of the soldiers took the gun and started firing. After that he shot himself. The human rights defender also noted that he keeps on clarifying the details.


/News.am/