Man convicted for doctor’s murder on hunger strike for 25 days

Haykakan Zhamanak: Man convicted for doctor’s murder on hunger strike
for 25 days

13:08 07/12/2013 » DAILY PRESS

Artak Karapetyan, who got 15 years prison sentence for killing an
ambulance doctor, continues his hunger strike, Haykakan Zhamanak says.

The 30-year-old has been on a hunger strike for 25 days. Earlier, he
also refused water, but heeded the appeal of the prosecutor and
started to drink water. Spokesman for the Justice Ministry’s
Penitentiary Department, Gor Ghlechyan, confirmed this information.

Source: Panorama.am

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