One officer and six soldiers have been arrested in connection with the latest non-combat death in the Armenian army ranks, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
A ministry statement said they are suspected of systematically beating and humiliating Samvel Khachatrian, a 18-year-old army conscript who was founded hanged in the basement of his military unit on October 3. It added that they are facing criminal charges that carry between three and eight years' imprisonment.
None of the suspects has been identified yet. The ministry statement said only that one of them is the commander of an artillery battery where Khachatrian served until his death.
Armenian News
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