YEREVAN. – A criminal case is opened into Azerbaijan’s killing of Armenian soldier, Simon Chavrshyan.
The Investigative Committee of Armenia informed that military serviceman Simon Chavrshyan (born in 1996) had sustained a gunshot wound to his head and died on the spot on Friday at around 3:55am, at a military foothold of an army unit, and as a result of the shot fired by Azerbaijan.
The Second Garrison Investigative Department has initiated a criminal case on charges of murder based on national, racial or religious hatred, or religious fanaticism.
An investigation is underway.