YEREVAN. – A criminal case is opened on the death of military serviceman Armen Avetisyan. 

The criminal case is launched on charges of murder with the motive of national, racial or religious hatred, or religious fanaticism, Armenia MOD Investigation Service Senior Officer Meri Sargsyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am. Avetisyan was from Noratus village of Armenia’s Gegharkunik Region.

As reported earlier, Armenian military serviceman Armen Avetisyan, 19, received a fatal bullet wound from a shot fired by the adversary on Tuesday at around 10:50pm.

Avetisyan was fatally wounded at a military base of a protection area of a Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Defense Army unit stationed in an easterly direction of the Line of Contact between the Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces.
An investigation is carried out to find out the details of the incident.