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On November 18, 2012 at 22:45 PM in the restaurant ‘Mush’ in Shahumyan community of the Lori region the body of the member of the RA Chamber of Lawyers S. Sharbatyan was found with traces of violence. Taking into account the public interest we inform that according to the forensic doctors’ conclusion the brain function disorder caused S. Sharbatyan’s death.

Taking into account the fact that mass media spread contradicting and in some cases wrongful information and giving importance to the right of the public for receiving correct information the RA Prosecutor General’s Office presents some materials on the criminal case obtained during the preliminary investigation to the extent which won’t undermine the further process of the preliminary investigation.

Particularly, a criminal case was initiated on the grounds of the Article 104 Section 1 of the RA Criminal Code, by the preliminary investigation results, forensic expertise and operative actions of which it was revealed that, in the evening of November 18, 2012 S. Sharbatyan invited to the restaurant ‘Mush’ the resident of Vanadzor Artak Veranyan and his nephew H. Salikyan aimed at demanding from Artak Veranyan to stop following the daughter of his sister.

According to the appointment H. Salikyan and A. Veranyan arrived at the restaurant at the appointed time with the brother of the latter Aren Veranyan and friend S. Diloyan. At 22:00 PM a dispute started over the indicated matter, which turned into a fight in the yard of the restaurant. As a result S. Sharbatyan was hurt in the area of his face and nose, which, according to the examination, caused brain function disorder. After that S. Sharbatyan was moved to a private room in the restaurant and without coming to conscious died.

Besides that, according to the examination 5 body injuries caused by bullets released from air gun were revealed on different parts of S. Sharbatyan’s body, which have nothing to do with the cause of the death.

The Prosecutor’s Office informs that the information spread by the media that the violence against S. Sharbatyan is connected with his professional activities and that the implementation of the sharp-edge, acute tool or firearms caused his death does not correspond to the reality.

Artak Veranyan, born in 1979, turned up to the Police Gougarq division on November 19, 2012 at 20:00 pm, presenting the air gun and saying that it was him who had a dispute with S. Sharbatyan and hit his face.

Investigative actions are held in order to fully reveal the circumstances of the case, to check Artak Veranyan’s testimony, disclose the owner of the air gun and by whom it was used during the dispute, also operative-investigative operations are held to disclose and arrest Aren Veranyan and S. Diolyan.