YEREVAN, DECEMBER 8, NOYAN TAPAN. Relatives of Qyaram Avdalian, a Yezid by nationality, who was killed in an incident in the village of Lchashen on November 6, staged a protest in Yerevan's Baghramian Street on December 7, during which Gyulizar Avdalian, mother of the killed person, poured fuel on herself and two grandchildren (aged 16 and 12) and set fire. They received burns of second and third category and were taken to hospital. NT was informed by Sona Truzian, spokeswoman for the RA Prosecutor General that a criminal case was opened on the fact of self-immolation and an investigation is under way. According to the same source, some sheep of Q. Avdalian had grazed in the areas under crops in Lchashen, as a result of which a quarrel broke out at about 4 pm on November 6 between Q. Avdalian and the owner of these areas Avetik Margarian, during which the two men hit each other with fists. Q. Avdalian took to flight and about two hours later he died from internal bleeding as a result of the lung rupture. A criminal case was opened on this fact by the prosecutor's office of Gegharkunik marz on November 7, 2006. On the same day Avetik Margarian, 50, was arrested as an accused, and a charge of inflicting bodily injury to another person, leading to the victim's death (Article 112 Part 2 Point 14 of the RA Criminal Code) was brought against him. The same source informed NT that the RA Prosecutor General on December 7 received some close relatives of Q. Avdalian. By his decision, the examination of criminal case was transferred from the Gagharkunik prosecutor's office to the investigative department of the RA Prosecutor General's Office.

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