The preliminary investigation body has at its disposal evidence that is sufficient to identify the person who murdered 55-year-old resident of Martakert Aram Tepnants due to a gunshot fired by the Azerbaijani side and the tool used to commit the crime. This is stated in the press release issued by the Prosecutor General’s Office of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).

“On October 9, 2021, 55-year-old resident of Martakert city Aram Tepnants was injured in the chest area from a gunshot fired by the Azerbaijani side while he was farming in the administrative territory of Martakert and died on the spot.

The Investigative Committee of Artsakh has launched a criminal case under the elements of a crime provided for by a particular article of the Criminal Code (murder committed with the motive of ethnic, racial or religious hatred or religious fanaticism), designated expert examinations and is performing urgent investigative and other procedural actions. The preliminary investigation body has at its disposal evidence that is sufficient to identify the person who murdered 55-year-old resident of Martakert Aram Tepnants due to a gunshot fired by the Azerbaijani side and the tool used to commit the crime.

The Azerbaijani side has yet to issue an official statement on launching a criminal case regarding the incident.

The law-enforcement authorities of Artsakh are willing to submit to the Russian peacekeeping forces the evidence that show that the Armed Forces of Azerbaijani committed a criminal harassment against a citizen of Artsakh.

As a member state to the European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Azerbaijan has assumed the obligation to respect the right to life. By not fulfilling its obligations under the Convention, the Azerbaijani side is once again allowing us to conclude (the Armenians of Artsakh have been convinced of this for a long time now) that such criminal acts are organized and guided and are not merely an act against mankind, meaning they are acts that are terrorist acts and are aimed at terrorizing,” the press release reads.