RA PROSECUTOR GENERAL’S OFFICE: ACCORDING TO CONCLUSION OF FORENSIC EXAMINATION, INJURIES OF LEVON GULIAN WHO DIED IN POLICE BUILDING ARE TYPICAL OF INJURIES CAUSED BY FALL FROM A HEIGHT

Noyan Tapan
Jun 01 2007

YEREVAN, JUNE 1, NOYAN TAPAN. According to a press release
submitted to the press by the spokeswoman for the RA Prosecutor
General Sona Truzian, the conclusion of the forensic examination
of the body of Levon Gulian, who died on May 12 in the building of
the Main Department of Criminal Investigation of the RA Police, is
ready. According to the conclusion, the death of Levon Gulian was due
to bodily injuries incompatible with life – open brain injuries and
closed injuries of the chest and spine. "The injuries detected by the
forensic examination of the body of Levon Gulian are characteristic,
by their nature and disposition, of injuries caused by a fall from
a height (about 7 meters), by collision with other obstacles during
the fall, then also with a blunt hard surface, including asphalt,"
is said in the conclusion. It is noted no postmortem injuries were
detected by the forensic examination. The investigation of the
fact of L. Gulian’s death is continuing. Reminding that through
the mediation of L. Gulian’s legal successors and the head of the
OSCE Yerevan Office, experts were invited from Germany and Denmark,
and the forensic examination of L. Gulian’s body was made with their
participation on May 19, 2007, the RA prosecutor general’s office
notes that "the conclusions of other expert examinations have not
yet been received."

To recap, L. Gulian was invited as a witness to the Main Department
of Criminal Investigation of the RA Police in connection with the
murder of Stepan Vardanian on May 9. According to the May 12 press
release of the police, when trying to escape, L. Gulian jumped from
the second floor of the police building, as a result of which he died.