ONE OF PERSONS INVOLVED IN CASE ON TERRORIST ACT IN ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT DIES IN NUBARASHEN CRIMINAL-CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
ArmInfo
2010-05-17 12:42:00
ArmInfo. One of the persons involved in the case on terrorist act in
Armenian parliament dies in Nubarashen criminal-correctional facility.
According to Arsen Babayan, spokesman of the Criminal-Executive Office
of Armenia’s Justice Ministry, Hamlet Stepanyan, convicted within
the frames of the case on terrorist act in the Armenian parliament,
died suddenly in Nubarashen criminal-correctional facility on May 15
at about 7:00 PM. The preliminary body examination did not reveal any
signs of violence. Forensic-medical examination has been appointed,
and investigation of circumstance of Stepanyan’s death is underway.
To recall, H. Stepanyan was sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment. He
was charged under several articles of Armenia’s Criminal Code: p. 1
Article 300, Article 34-305, i. 2 p. 2 Article 217, i. 1, 2 and 6
p. 2 Article 133 of Armenia’s CC. Prime Minister of Armenia Vazgen
Sarkisyan, Parliament Speaker Karen Demirchyan, both vice-speakers
and a number of parliamentarians were killed in the Parliament of
Armenia on October 27, 1999, as a result of a terrorist act.