BEATEN ARFD PARLIAETNARY CANDDIATE GIVES DETAILS OF HIS BEATING

STEPANAKERT, JUNE 24. ARMINFO. The ARFD parliamentary candidate Pavel
Manukyan beaten June 21 in the office of NKR DM Seyran Ohanyan has
been brought from the Stepanakert military hospital to Yerevan.

Giving the details of his beating Manukyan says that June 21 afternoon
he went home and received a phone call from some unknown person. 15
minutes later a young man knocked at his door and told him that NKR
Deputy Defence Minister Samvel Karapetyan was waiting for him. He got
into a black VAZ-2108. Karapetyan and Vardan Balayan joined him at the
corner. Karapetyan asked Manukyan what he meant by saying that “the
Karabakh generals smell of clay.” Manukyan said that he meant what
really was. Then the generals asked him to specify who smelled of
clay. Manukyan called Balayan and Movses Hakopyan because they did not
care for the blood shed for Karabakh and were speaking of concessions.

Then Manukyan was taken to the headquarters of the Defence Army to the
office of NKR DM Seyran Ohanyan. Hakobyan was also there. When
Manukyan said that the power no longer belonged to the people
Karapetyan hit him in the jaw and then in the belly. He sent him to
the ground and began hitting him with legs yelling: “Tell Grisha to
give me the mill and the bakery and I will give my uniform and the
whole army!” Then Ohanyan rushed on Manukyan with swearings against
him and his party.

Ohanyan and Karapetyan beat Manukyan till he began bleeding. Then
Ohanyan ordered the others to take him out of the office saying “you
smell of shit and you are telling us something?” Seeing that Manukyan
was in a critical state Ohanyan instructed to take him to the
hospital, bring to senses and then to bring back for “further
beating.”

Manukyan asked for water. Balayan brought one but spit into the glass
before giving it to Manukyan.

“I am not going to forgive this. One can no longer forgive such
things,” says Manukyan.