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HUNGARIAN COURT ADJOURNS HEARING OF AZERI OFFICER’S CASE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 27

BUDAPEST, MAY 11, ARMENPRESS: A Hungarian court trying the case of an
Azeri officer charged with hacking to death his Armenian counterpart decided
to hold its next session on September 27 after a one-hour-long hearing on
May 10.
Hayk Demoyan, a representative of the Armenian armed forces, told
Armenpress the court heard the results of the forensic medical examination
of the Azeri officer, which he said was somewhat different from the outcome
of a previous such examination .
He said some provisions of the second examination refer to the
psychological condition of the Azeri officer at the moment of the crime,
though, according to Demoyan, the examination’s results are not final. He
said according to the Hungarian law, experts conducting the two
examinations, have to meet and come out with a final conclusion, otherwise a
third examination is possible.
Azerbaijani lieutenant Ramil Safarov used an ax and a knife to kill
Armenian lieutenant Gurgen Margarian in his sleep early morning on February
19, 2004. Both officers were attending three-month English language training
at the Hungarian National Defense University in Budapest as part of the NATO
Partnership for Peace Program.
Hungarian police said the murder was committed with “unusual cruelty” –
the Armenian officer’s head was nearly cut off – and was witnessed by the
victim’s Hungarian roommate who called the police. The Azeri then apparently
intended to kill a second Armenian officer, sleeping in a room nearby, but
was stopped by a Lithuanian officer, who was awakened by the noise.