YEREVAN. – The court hearing, which has started into the deadly incident that occurred in Armenian capital city Yerevan’s Harsnaqar Restaurant Complex, adjourned Tuesday.

Defendant Arman Baghdasaryan’s attorney Mihran Poghosyan was absent from the courtroom, but had sent a notification to the court informing that he had another court session on another case. The court, however, considered the attorney’s absence as inappropriate, cautioned that an injunction will be imposed upon him for his next absence from the hearing, and adjourned the court until Friday.        

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, an incident had occurred at Yerevan’s Harsnaqar Restaurant Complex 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.

Subsequently, a criminal lawsuit was filed and, now, six people are standing trial.

The Restaurant’s owner is ruling Republican Party former MP, Football Federation of Armenia President, and businessman Ruben Hayrapetyan, who formally gave up his parliamentary seat in connection with this incident.   

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