Authorities suspect soldier committed suicide after being bullied
An on-duty serviceman of the Armenian Armed Forces was found dead on January 6 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound from his service machine gun, authorities said.
Gegham Khachatryan, a contract servicemember of the Armenian military, was stationed at a combat position in a military base during the incident that happened around 15:00 January 6.
Authorities are treating the incident as a suspected suicide and a criminal investigation under paragraph 1, Article 110 (Negligently or deliberately inciting suicide or attempted suicide through threats, cruel treatment or regular humiliation of personal dignity).
An investigation is underway.
