ARMENIAN PROSECUTOR GENERAL’S OFFICE: "IT HAS BEEN REVEALED THAT AZERBAIJANI LEADERSHIP HAS ORDERED THE MURDER OF LEVON MELIK-SHAHNAZARYAN"
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Dec 17 2008
Azerbaijan
The final court hearing on the case of attempted murder of Armenian
political scientist Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan will be held in the
North criminal court of Abovyan city on December 17, says a press
release of the Armenian prosecutor general’s office.
"It was revealed during the previous sessions that accused Arshak
Agababyan in fact tried to fulfill the instructions of the leadership
of Azerbaijan and kill the political scientist", said in a report.
During the session on December 17 the political scientist will make
a speech after which he will be ready to answer journalists’ questions.
According to the prosecutor general’s office, it was revealed that
in early April of 2008 Agababyan and his friend Kondzhoryan met with
Azerbaijani Akhan in the Marneuli region of Georgia.
During the meeting Akhan offered them to kill Melik-Shahnazaryan
for his critical speeches about the internal and external policy of
Azerbaijan and the leadership of this country in press and on websites,
offering them $10,000.
Agababyan is charged under article 34-305 (attempted murder of the
state, political or public figure, committed for cessation of his
activity) and second paragraph of article 235 (illegal purchase,
sale, storage, transportation or carrying arms, committed by a group
of person by a preliminary plot). The second participant of the case
is wanted.