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STEPANAKERT. – The investigation is still in progress into the case of sixteen-year-old Smbat Tsakanyan, who was brutally killed in July by Azerbaijani saboteurs in Karvachar Region of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).     

NEWS.am was informed by the NKR capital city Stepanakert seat of the NKR First Instance General Jurisdiction Court that they will be hearing this case, the respective sanction is issued, but the criminal investigation is not yet completed.     

In early September, NKR PM Ara Harutyunyan had met with Tsakanyan’s parents and told them that the trial will start soon.  

On July 10, rumors were spread that the Azerbaijani saboteurs had captured a sixteen-year-old resident of Karvachar Region, and his relatives could not find him for several days. On July 15, however, the young boy’s dead body was found in the cemetery of Nor Erkej village. A criminal case was launched.

Armenia Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan had told reporters that, according to initial hypothesis, the boy was killed by the last detained member of the Azerbaijani sabotage team which had infiltrated into Karvachar on July 11.

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