ARMENIA COMMEMORATES GURGEN MARGARYAN

PanARMENIAN.Net
19.02.2009 11:35 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Five years ago today Azeri armed forces lieutenant
Ramil Safarov killed Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan with an axe
when he was asleep.

Both were taking an English course as a part of the Partnership for
Peace NATO-sponsored program in Budapest.

When interrogated, Safarov said, "I regret I didn’t kill any Armenian
before. When I learned that there are two Armenians taking the
same course I felt hatred for them. When they greeted me I did not
answer. One day they passed by and smiled. That moment I decided that
I will cut off their heads at dawn."

Safarov was given a life sentences without a right to pardon during
30 years.

In February 2007, the Budapest Court of Appeals upheld the verdict.

Today, Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan and top officership
of the Armenian Armed Forces will lay a wreath to Gurgen Margaryan’s
tomb in Yerablur Pantheon.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress