ARMENIAN CONSCRIPT ‘ACCIDENTALLY’ KILLS HIMSELF
Tert.am
21:19 ~U 13.10.11
An Armenian conscript has accidentally inflicted a lethal wound on
his abdomen at an army unit in Ijevan town, Tert.am has learned.
Aram Melkonyan, 21, accidentally fired on himself while cleaning
his gun.
Armenia’s Defense Ministry confirmed to news to Tert.am.
It comes after two Armenian conscripts committed suicide in the
recent week.
Earlier in the day youth activists organized a demonstration outside
the government building in Yerevan, demanding the government to take
steps to stop non-combat deaths in the army.
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