TURKISH SOLDIER KILLED FOR ARMENIAN ORIGIN
PanARMENIAN.Net
December 15, 2011 – 18:08 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – Ethnic Armenian Sevag Å~^ahin Balıkcı was murdered
for his Armenian origin, parents of the deceased said.
“Though 7.5 years have passed since our son’s death, we still have
no answers to a number of questions,” they said.
Sevag Å~^ahin Balıkcı, 25, was killed in a Turkish military unit
on April 24, 2011. As Turkish media reports, the Armenian was killed
after the gunshot wound he received while playing a practical joke
with his co-serviceman.
On the day of Balıkcı’s death, an order was given to fence the
military unit he served at with a barbed wire.
Usually, the fencing is preceded by the soldiers’ unloading their
weapons under the commander’s supervision. However, on April 24, none
of the commanders made sure the weapons were unloaded. Kivanc Agaoglu
claims to inadvertently have pressed the trigger and killed Sevag.
Agaoglu was taken under arrest.
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