The number of fatalities in the RA and NK Armed Forces for January-June of 2015

The results of the observations carried out by Peace Dialogue NGO regarding the fatalities in the RA and NK armed forces for the first semester of 2015.

The observations revealed 35 death cases in the RA and NK armed forces: 11 death cases occurred in the territory of Armenia while the other 24 cases occurred in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Based on the data revealed, 22 soldiers died as a result of ceasefire regime violations (7 cases in the RA territory, 15 cases in the NK territory):

1. Karen Grigoryan
2. Vardan Mkrtchyan

Karen Grigoryan and Vardan Mkrtchyan died as a result of the same incident on the night of January 2-3 in the territory of Nagorno Karabakh.

3. Arman Haroutyunyan(January 17^th , RA)
4. Suren Pilosyan(January 20^th, NK)
5. Nahapet Asatryan(January 21^st, NK
6. Arman Udumyan(January 21^st, RA)
7. Karen Galstyan
8. Artak Sargsyan

Karen Galstyan and Artak Sargsyan died as a result of the same incident on January 23 in the territory of Armenia

9. Shakespeare Hakobyan(February 5, NK)
10. Artak Aghekyan
11. Hayk Baroyan

Artak Aghekyan and Hayk Baroyan died as a result of the same incident on February 28^th in the territory of NK

12. Arsen Karapetyan(March 2, NK)
13. Hakob Khachatryan
14. Eduard Hayrapetyan
15. Arshak Haroutyunyan
16. Samvel Hakobyan

Hakob Khachatryan, Eduard Hayrapetyan and Arshak Haroutyunyan died as a result of the same incident on March 19th in the territory of NK, while Samvel Hakobyan died on March 26th in the hospital as a result of the wounds he received during the same incident.

17. Unknown (January 6, NK)
18. Unknown (January 6, NK)

Times.am and Tert.am reported that 2 contractual soldiers died during the incident that occurred on the night of January 5-6 near the border of NK. However, there is no official report about this. NK Defense Army refused to provide any information to Peace Dialogue NGO.

19. Hovsep Andreasyan(March 29^th, NK)
20. Levon Mirzoyan(April 7^th , NK)
21. Hayk Keshishoghlyan(April 7^th , RA)
22. Arman Yepremyan(June 26^th , RA)

4 soldiers committed suicide

1. Samvel Mirzoyan(March 6^th , RA)
2. Haroutyun Hambaryan(May 8^th, NK)

A criminal case was initiated in regards to Horoutyun Hambaryan’s murder case. The preliminary investigation revealed that serviceman of the same military unit D. Haroutyunyan violated the rules of statute, tried to underline his dominance by insulted H.Hambaryan and using force against him. Based on the facts revealed, D. Haroutyunyan was charged under Article 359, Part 1 and Article 360, part 1 of the RA Criminal Code.

3. Edgar Melkonyan(June 11, NK)
4. Mavrik Melikyan(June 30, RA)

4 murder cases were reported

1. Haykaz Barseghyan(January 29^th, RA)

A criminal case has been initiated in regards to Haykaz Barseghyan’s murder case. Officer of the RA MoD Vazgen Sargsyan military institute, Captain Artyom Avetisyan was arrested in regards to the case. The criminal case was initiated under Article 375, Part 1 of the RA Criminal Code: “Abuse of power, transgression of authority or administrative dereliction, if these acts were committed for mercenary or group-interest motives, by a commander or official, and if these inflicted essential damage.”

4 servicemen of the same military unit Vache Sahakyan, Movses Azaryan, Gnel Tevosyan and Norik Sahakyan were charged under Article 104, Part 2, point 7 and 10 of the RA Criminal Code (murder by a group of people out of hooliganism)

2. Tigran Simonyan(February 10, NK)

Within the framework of the criminal case with regards to the death of Tigran Simonyan, soldier of the same unit, senior lieutenant Taron Gedeonyan was arrested. He is suspected of breach of combat duty regulations as a result of negligence or bad faith and causing grave consequences.

3. Armen Osipyan(February 14, NK)
4. Albert Safaryan (February 27, NK)

The preliminary hypothesis of Albert Safaryan’s suicide was refuted

This information was provided by the deceased soldier’s father Emil Safaryan in an interview to NEWS.am.

“The investigator of the case told me that the suicide hypothesis was refuted and that it was in fact a murder, however he did not tell further details. In a few days I will meet the investigator to get acquainted with the materials of the case,” said Mr. Safaryan and mentioned that the preliminary investigation of the case is underway.

One soldier died in unknown circumstances.

1. Hayk Margaryan(March 22, NK)

Three soldiers died as a result of accidents

1. Arthur Vardevanyan(January 17, NK)
2. Arthur Arakelyan(April 9^th , NK)
3. Artyom Tovmasyan (April 17^th , RA )

One soldier died as a result of health issues

1. Khder Saroyan(May 29, RA )

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Posted 07 July, 2015

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