An incident that resulted in death of a serviceman Samvel Harutyunyan happened as a result of the tense hazing and lack of mutual confidence in military units, Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan told journalists today.
The minister said that parallel to the criminal case he charged to conduct an internal investigation and clear out all the details of the incident. "During the investigation the facts were cleared out, which will replenish the criminal case and throw light on the incident", - he said.
"I cannot understand, how tragic incidents happen at the out of the border military units, while in the border ones, where the service conditions are harder, the situation is almost ideal", - the minister said. At the same time, he did not rule out that idleness may be the reason of the tragic incidents in the military units located far from the border.
To note, the body of 22-year-old conscript Samvel Seyrani Harutyunyan on guard duty was found around 1:05 am on September 8, 2014 in a military unit of Armenian Defense Ministry. S. Harutyunyan died of a gunshot wound to the jaw.