Armenia charges two servicemen in conscript’s death
The Investigative Committee says both servicemen are charged with negligently driving Tigran Stepanyan to suicide and have been remanded in custody.

The Investigative Committee says both servicemen are charged with negligently driving Tigran Stepanyan to suicide and have been remanded in custody.

Two servicemen have been charged with negligently driving a serviceman to suicide in the investigation into Tigran Stepanyan’s death, Armenia’s Investigative Committee says. Both have been remanded in custody as a preventive measure.
Stepanyan, a 19-year-old conscript, was found dead with a gunshot wound on 31 October.
Azatutyun said law enforcement officials had previously not specified which offense was being investigated or confirmed information that two people had been arrested.

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