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The first court hearing in the case of death of military doctor Vahe Avetyan after severe beating at the Harsnakar restaurant on June 17 and other beating victims is scheduled to be held at the Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan’s Avan and Nor Nork administrative districts on September 13, presided over by judge David Harutyunyan, the public relations department of Armenia’s judicial system told Panorama.am

The Armenian police gathered sufficient evidence to indict Garik Margaryan, Norayr Hayrapetyan, Arman Khachatryan, Arman Baghdasaryan, Arthur Babloyan and David Adamyan for beating up Vahe Avetyan at the Harsnakar restaurant on June 17.

The men, most of them security guards working at the Harsnakar restaurant, were initially charged under one article of the Criminal Code dealing with deliberate physical injuries. They risked between five and ten years’ imprisonment.

Now investigators formally accuse them of three counts of assault that could result in lengthier prison sentences. One of the accusations relates to violent attacks resulting in deaths.

Police investigators say there is no evidence of Ruben Hayrapetyan’s direct involvement in the incident.