The RA Investigative Committee announced on June 11 that “on June 10, a criminal proceeding was initiated in connection with the death of Defense Officer N.A., a preliminary investigation is underway.”

The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia did not issue any message. Of course, this is not the first such case, from the beginning of 2026 until now, several cases of death related to military service have been recorded in the army, not all of which the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia has released a message about, perhaps there are objective reasons for this.

Anyway, June 13th 168.amhas sent a written request to the RA Investigative Committee to find out where the incident took place, to what extent it is related to the service, and to what extent the information circulated in the press is true, that the officer’s death occurred at the Baghramyan military training ground during tank exercises, and that he died as a result of a shot from behind, that is, we tried to understand what the investigation has found so far.

In the 5-day period, the RA Investigative Committee stated in its response letter sent to us.

“In response to your request of June 13, 2026, we inform you that on June 10, criminal proceedings have been initiated in connection with the death of Defense Officer N.A., and a preliminary investigation is underway.

Based on the provisions of Article 186, Part 2 of the RA Criminal Procedure Code and Article 8, Part 1, Clause 3 of the RA Law “On Freedom of Information”, it is not possible to provide information regarding the other questions you mentioned, because they contain preliminary examination data that is not subject to publication.

In other words, the RA Investigative Committee keeps secret even the location of the incident and how it is directly related to the service. Can we assume that information circulated in the press can be subject to scrutiny?

By the way, according to our information, the father of the deceased officer is also a military man, and it is his wish that the defense department did not release a message, especially when there is a problem of finding out the circumstances of the death.

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