ARMENIA COMMEMORATES THE 6TH ANNIVERSARY OF GURGEN MARGARYAN’S MURDER

Armradio.am
19.02.2010 14:56

Armenia commemorates the 6th anniversary of the murder of Armenian
Officer Gurgen Margaryan axed by Azerbaijani Ramil Safarov in Budapest
on February 19, 2004.

Six years ago Lieutenant of the Armenian Armed Forces Gurgen Margaryan,
26, was hacked to death, while asleep, by a fellow Azerbaijani
participant, Lieutenant Ramil Safarov, in Budapest during a three-month
English language course in the framework of the Partnership for Peace
NATO-sponsored program.

In accordance with Budapest District Court sentence dated April
13, 2006, Ramil Safarov was life imprisoned for murdering Gurgen
Margaryan. On February 22, 2007, Budapest Court rejected the
Azerbaijani military officer’s appeal against a life sentence for the
2004 axe murder of the Armenian officer at the NATO’s Partnership
for Peace training course in Budapest. The appeal court ruled that
the decision brought by Budapest District Court against 30-year-old
Lieutenant Ramil Safarov, should stand.

Despite the fact that the Hungarian court sentenced Safarov to life
imprisonment, Azerbaijanis consider him a national hero and continue
fighting for his freedom.