For me, this isn’t suicide. This is what Minister of Defense of Armenia Davit Tonoyan told the relatives of the soldier who died on January 30 in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic).

“For me, this isn’t suicide. What else do you want to me to say? I’ll be following revelation of this case,” Davit Tonoyan told the relatives.

The relatives demanded the name of the serviceman who was linked to the death of soldier Vahram Avagyan.

The deceased soldier’s brother claimed that they can’t trust the minister since the presses have been writing about suicide for several days, to which the minister said they have no reason not to trust him and called on them to stop the protest.

The relatives wanted to transport the body of the deceased serviceman to the Ministry of Defense, but returned to the village to bury the soldier after having a talk with the defense minister.

The soldier’s relatives don’t believe the official version of the death (suicide).

They told Armenian News-NEWS.am that the soldier, Vahram was murdered. Vahram was enlisted six months ago and was serving in Artsakh. He died on January 30 at around 1:15 p.m. The Investigative Committee of Armenia declared that the soldier had shot his chest with the AKM type of gun attached to him and had been transferred to a military hospital with firearm injuries, and he was pronounced dead at 2 p.m. The first garrison investigative division has instituted a criminal case in relation to the incident, and preliminary investigation is underway.