PROSECUTOR GENERAL RECEIVES RELATIVES OF PROTESTERS IN CONNECTION WITH MURDER
Noyan Tapan
Dec 08 2006
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 8, NOYAN TAPAN. Relatives of Qyaram Avdalian, a
Yezid by nationality, who was killed in an incident in the village of
Lchashen on November 6, staged a protest in Yerevan’s Baghramian Street
on December 7, during which Gyulizar Avdalian, mother of the killed
person, poured fuel on herself and two grandchildren (aged 16 and 12)
and set fire. They received burns of second and third category and
were taken to hospital. NT was informed by Sona Truzian, spokeswoman
for the RA Prosecutor General that a criminal case was opened on the
fact of self-immolation and an investigation is under way.
According to the same source, some sheep of Q. Avdalian had grazed in
the areas under crops in Lchashen, as a result of which a quarrel broke
out at about 4 pm on November 6 between Q. Avdalian and the owner of
these areas Avetik Margarian, during which the two men hit each other
with fists. Q. Avdalian took to flight and about two hours later he
died from internal bleeding as a result of the lung rupture. A criminal
case was opened on this fact by the prosecutor’s office of Gegharkunik
marz on November 7, 2006. On the same day Avetik Margarian, 50, was
arrested as an accused, and a charge of inflicting bodily injury to
another person, leading to the victim’s death (Article 112 Part 2 Point
14 of the RA Criminal Code) was brought against him. The same source
informed NT that the RA Prosecutor General on December 7 received some
close relatives of Q. Avdalian. By his decision, the examination of
criminal case was transferred from the Gagharkunik prosecutor’s office
to the investigative department of the RA Prosecutor General’s Office.