YEREVAN. – A criminal case is opened on the death of Armenian conscript Hrant Poghosyan.  

MOD Investigation Service Senior Officer Meri Sargsyan told the aforesaid to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The criminal case is launched on charges of murder on the grounds of national, racial or religious hatred, or religious fanaticism. 

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, Hrant Poghosyan died, on Sunday at around 5pm, at the defensive positions of Movses village nearby the City of Berd in Armenia. Poghosyan was a resident of Berd, he was 26 years old, married, and he had one child.