YEREVAN. – The date is set for the court trial into the deadly incident that occurred in Armenian capital city Yerevan’s Harsnaqar Restaurant, Haykakan Zhamanak daily reports. 

“The session will be convened on September 13 at 2:30pm, we learned yesterday [Friday] from DataLex judiciary portal. 

Six people are currently detained on this case, and, as per the police, they are the restaurant’s employees. [But] According to other information, they are the security personnel of [National Assembly] NA MP Ruben Hayrapetyan. 

Up to ten years in prison awaits the persons behind the brutal beating that resulted in the death of military doctor Vahe Avetyan. In the meantime, according to the rumors circulating around criminal circles, only Garik Margaryan, who should confess that he is the sole guilty party, will be sentenced to prison,” Haykakan Zhamanak writes.   

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, an incident had occurred at Harsnaqar Restaurant on June 17, where several military doctors including Edgar Mikoyan, Arkadi Aghajanyan, Garik Soghomonyan, Artak Bayadyan and Vahe Avetyan were brutally beaten by security personnel. And Vahe Avetyan died in hospital on June 29. A criminal lawsuit was filed and the Police detained six people.

The Restaurant’s owner is ruling Republican Party MP, Football Federation of Armenia President, and businessman Ruben Hayrapetyan, who on July 4 formally submitted his resignation from his parliamentary seat in connection with this incident.