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Name of person, who committed deadly incident in Armenian military unit, publicized

23 November 2010 09:15 (UTC +04:00)

APA reports quoting Haykakan Jamanak newspaper that Manvel Azroyan committed the incident. The newspaper writes that Azroyan shot at the servicemen, then attempted to commit suicide. But his suicide attempt failed. Azroyan is in the military hospital in Khankendi, the hospital is under serious control. One of the wounded was taken to Yerevan, he was operated twice, doctors say Sargis Melkumyan is in critical condition.

The Hraparak newspaper writes that Manvel Azroyan was found 150m far from the action station, he had four bullet wounds. The servicemen quarreled because of a CD-player and it resulted in shooting.

On the night of November 19-20, a deadly incident happened in a military unit of the Armenian Armed Forces, which are continuing to keep the occupied Azerbaijani territories under control, APA reported quoting ARMTODAY. The officials of the separatist regime said there were casualties, criminal case had been launched, the fact was being investigated. â€œSpokesman for Defense Ministry of Nagorno Karabakh Republicâ€ Senor Asratyan speaking to ARMTODAY refused to give information about the number of the dead and wounded. He also refused to answer when asked whether the deadly incident happened in the military unit, or on the line of contact.
â€œThe details of the incident are being investigated, I can not say anything else,â€ he said.

APA obtained information from private sources that shooting occurred among the Armenian servicemen in the military unit located near the line of contact. Over 20 Armenian servicemen were killed, 30 wounded in the shooting. Most of the wounded were in critical condition, the source did not rule out the increase of the abovementioned figures.
The Armenian side say 4 soldiers were killed, 4 wounded in the incident.