Judge Mushegh Harutyunyan of the Court of General Jurisdiction of Lori Province of Armenia today acquitted Karen Kungurtsev, who is charged with murdering 15-year-old handball player Davit Hovakimyan in Vanadzor in October 2013.

Eight years ago, 15-year-old handball player Davit Hovakimyan, who had gone to Vanadzor to participate in the concluding tournament of the Armenian handball championship, was stabbed and died at the hospital.

Judge Narine Hovakimyan of the Court of General Jurisdiction of Lori Province acquitted Kungurtsev, but the Criminal Court of Appeal brought a new charge against him (intentionally causing bodily injury to a person that led to death). Afterwards, the Court of Cassation forwarded the case to a first instance court for new examination.