Armenian News-NEWS.am’s sources have informed that a criminal lawsuit will be filed in connection with the Armenian helicopter’s downing by Azerbaijan. 

We have learned that the criminal case will be launched on charges of murder on the grounds of national, racial or religious hatred, or religious fanaticism.  

The Azerbaijani armed forces violated the ceasefire and shot down a Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Air Force helicopter on Wednesday. The chopper was downed during a training flight, and nearby the eastern sector of the Karabakh-Azerbaijan Line of Contact. As a result, three pilots are believed to have been killed: The commander of the helicopter, Major Sergey Sahakyan, and Senior Lieutenant Sargis Nazaryan and Lieutenant Azat Sahakyan. The adversary, however, continues to intensively fire shots toward the crash site.