YEREVAN. – Armenia’s Minister of Defense, Seyran Ohanyan, on Monday visited the Noyemberyan military unit in Tavush Region, where a soldier was killed several days ago.

The Defense Minister’s spokesperson, Artsrun Hovhannisyan, confirmed this information to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Hovhannisyan noted that the minister’s visit to the military unit was linked to the aforesaid death. And since Ohanyan had stated that the investigation into this incident will be at focus of his attention, he had gone to this military unit to clarify several matters.         

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, Lyuks Stepanyan was killed in the military unit on May 15. Parents of the solider had decided to bring Stepanyan’s body to capital city Yerevan to learn from Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan the true reasons behind their son’s death and to stage a protest in front of the Armenian Government Building.

On their way to Yerevan, however, they clashed with the police and damaged the police cars that were preventing them from heading to the capital. Subsequently, Stepanyan’s parents held talks with Defense Minister Ohanyan, Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan, and Military Prosecutor Gevorg Kostanyan, who had arrived on the scene.

As a result, the parents decided to turn back and return to their home village, where Lyuks Stepanyan’s body was laid to rest.

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