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Armenia kills ineligible soldiers in Karabakh

18 October 2016 [17:01] - TODAY.AZ

By Azernews


By Rashid Shirinov

It is no secret that population in Armenia decreases year by year, but even worse situation is observed in the occupied Nagorno-Karabakh. Lacking enough number of men to place in the frontline in the occupied lands, the Armenian government comes up with sending there conscripts from Armenia itself.

Karabakh has already become a grave for thousands of young Armenian men, with overwhelming majority either killed by their fellow soldiers, or died as result of suicides or health problems. This unique ‘genocide’ that the Armenian government commits with regards to its own citizens, seems to have no end.

It looks like the Armenian government cannot find enough able-bodied young men to drag them to Nagorno-Karabakh, as they keep sending hundreds of persons who are not even eligible for service.

And then, parents of the dead soldiers attack the presidential residence, Parliament and government. But it is too late. All the fathers and mothers can do is to bring flowers to the graves of their children.

Such heart-rending examples are quite numerous. For instance, soldier Mosiyan died on May 29 of this year – his body was found at the firing position in one of the military units of Armenian armed forces, stationed in the occupied Azerbaijani lands. No signs of violence or gunshot wounds were found on Mosiyan’s body.

As it turned out, Mosiyan died of acute cardiopulmonary failure and pulmonary edema, which were attributed with wide range of other diseases. So, here a question arises – how he, having so many health problems, could be called on service in army? This case is just a drop in the ocean of other fatal incidents in Armenian armed forces, and no Armenian official seems to pay for these deaths and explain why Armenia literally kills its citizens.

The stories of other Armenian soldiers – Razmik Petrosyan who was conscripted in spite of having serious problems with legs, and Hovhannes Poghosyan, who had chronic gastritis and enlarged spleen, but yet was sent straight to the front position – are clear evidence of lawlessness and chaos in the Armenian army.

The most incomprehensible case is the story of soldier Tosun Amoyan who is disabled in the truest sense. He had serious problems with right hand, which almost did not work, and the soldier couldnot even hold a gun. After his parents raised the alarm, the soldier was taken to Armenia allegedly for treatment. However, as it turned out later, that was a distraction – no treatment was given, and the soldier was sent back in army.

Thus, it is obvious that in the absence of fighters, Armenian Armed Forces indiscriminately conscribe almost all Armenian men of call-up age, leaving out of account if they have health problems or no. The grave situation continues in the Armenia army, while desparate young people are looking for every opportunity to leave the country as soon as possible. 

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