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A criminal case has been launched in connection with the death of Republic of Armenia citizen Manvel Saribekyan captured by Azerbaijan, reads a press release issued today by the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Armenia.
The rest of the release reads as follows:
“Manvel Saribekyan, resident of Ttujur village of Gegharkunik region, born on February 27, 1990, was captured on September 11, 2010. According to preliminary data, the 20-year-old young man took several cattle to the pasture. At about 5 pm, because of fog, he lost his orientation in the “Keghut” pasture and found himself on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and was captured by the Azerbaijanis.
“On Nov. 4, 2010, the Azerbaijani side returned to Armenia Manvel Saribekyan’s body who, according to the official announcement made by Azerbaijan died on October 5, 2010, as a result of strangulation.
“By the preliminary examination of the body it has turned out that it wasn’t kept properly in Azerbaijan as the body was decomposed. According to the preliminary data of the forensic examination there are signs of violence on the body which confirms that M. Saribekyan was inhumanly tortured.
“The RA Prosecutor General has tasked to initiate a criminal case according to the RA Criminal Code Article 104, Part 2 (murder committed with particular cruelty). The preliminary investigation of the criminal case has been tasked to the General Investigation Department of the RA Police.”