SON ON ARMENIAN SENIOR MILITARY INDICTED OF BEATING US CITIZEN
15.07.2004 13:08
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Press Service of the Police of Armenia has confirmed
the reports that Armenian Armed Forces Chief of Staff, Colonel General
Mikayel Harutyunian’s son Arsen, 30, had beaten US citizen David Backer, 29.
The incident took place July 10 in one of Yerevan cafes. As the Armenian
Police told RFE/RL, addressing the law-enforcement bodies the same day David
Backer said two girls accompanying him were also beaten. One of them was
taken to hospital with heavy bodily injuries. The details of the incident
will become known when the investigation completes, the policemen said.