COMMANDER TO STAND TRIAL OVER ARMENIAN-TURKISH SOLDIER DEATH
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 29, 2012 – 16:50 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – A military court in the southeastern province
of Diyarbakır, Turkey, has agreed to try the commander of a
Turkish-Armenian soldier who was killed under suspicious circumstances
while performing his military service in 2011, Hurriyet Daily News
reported.
Non-commissioned officer Sabrettin Ersöz will stand trial as part
of a case into the killing of Sevag Å~^ahin Balıkcı on charges of
“abuse of office through negligence.”
Balıkcı was shot in a gendarmerie station of Batman province by
another soldier, Kıvanc Agaoglu.
The incident took place on April 24, the Armenian Genocide Remembrance
Day.
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