GURGEN MARGARYAN WAS KILLED ONLY FOR BEING ARMENIAN – SEYRAN OHANYAN
7:47 19/02/2014 >> SOCIETY
Today Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan visited the monument
to slain Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan on the occasion of the
10th anniversary of the brutal axe-murder.
Lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan was murdered in his sleep by Azerbaijani
officer Ramil Safarov on February 19, 2004, in Budapest, as the two
were attending three-month English language courses as part of NATO’s
“Partnership for Peace” program.
“Ten years have passed, and we have come to pay tribute to the
Armenian officer. Our officer was killed only for being Armenian and
the murderer admitted that he planned to kill an Armenian,” Seyran
Ohanyan said.
Armenia’s defense chief also visited Yerablur Military Pantheon and
laid flowers at Gurgen Margaryan’s grave. Later he met with Gurgen
Margaryan’s family and talked to his parents.
Source: Panorama.am
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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