The relatives of soldier Vahram Avagyan, who died in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) on January 30, stopped their protest and are returning to Haytagh village of Armavir Province to bury the soldier’s body.

This morning, they marched to the Argavand intersection in Yerevan and were preparing to transfer the soldier’s coffin to the Ministry of Defense as a sign of protest. The soldier’s relatives don’t believe the official version of the death (suicide).

However, police officers prohibited them from moving forward. Minister of Defense Davit Tonoyan met with the relatives along with deputy of the My Step faction of the National Assembly and Chair of the Standing Committee on Defense and Security of the National Assembly Andranik Kocharyan.

Davit Tonoyan said revelation of the case is a “matter of honor” for the Ministy of Defense and three servicemen have been arrested within the scope of the case.

The relatives 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.