Defense Minister goes to meet killed conscript's parents

"Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan goes to meet Luxe Stepanian's parents." This was written on spokesman of Defense Minister Artsrun Hovhannisyan's Facebook page.

The father of the conscript, who days ago died from a bullet by his colleague in military N unit, resident of Verin Getashen village Luxe Stepanian / born in 1994 / decided, as a sign of protest over the incident, to bring the coffin with the body of his son in Yerevan and hold a protest in front of the Government building.

Recall that the incident occurred on May 15. One of the soldiers opened fire in the smoking room, and as a result conscript Luxe Stepanyan was shot to his head and died on site, the other conscript Hrachya Sargsyan was wounded in his head

The latter at 16:00 with a gunshot wound to his head was taken to Noyemberian medical centre, and then at 20:00 to the military hospital in Yerevan.