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Six Armenian army servicemen, including an officer and 5 soldiers, have been reportedly shot dead in an Armenian military unit July 28, defense ministry spokesman Felix Poghosyan told Panorama.am.

Armenian Defense Ministry published the names of victims those being: Senior Lieutenant Vardges Tatevosyan (Yerevan), conscript soldiers Garegin Hovsepyan (Etchmiatzin), Andranik Sargsyan (Yerevan), Robert Hovhannisyan (Vanadzor), Artyom Minasyan (Charentsavan) and Karo Ayvazyan (Yerevan).

One of the soldiers shot 5 others dead, then himself, though, the spokesman refused to say his name, explaining that “it’s the law enforcement bodies who should provide details on the incident.” Felix Poghosyan also didn’t say in which unit namely the incident occurred, nor did he clarify who exactly had violated the military duty rules as officers caught soldiers sleeping on watch.

“Investigation is underway. There are conflicts among the relatives of the dead soldiers and we don’t find it rational to inform about them at this moment,” Poghosyan said.