The former Mayor Samvel Harutyunyan told new information to Aravot.am related to the life of the former Governor of Syunik Surik Khachatryan. According to him, the former governor of Syunik, the chairman of State University Management board in Goris, the board member of the Republican Party, the head of Syunik regional structure of the same party, the board member of YVU, the head of regional organization of Syunik of the same Union, the President of Syunik charitable foundation, co-chairman of volleyball federation of Armenia, the President of the “Armenian warriors” NGO, the Chairman of Patriotic Union of Syunik and Goris Surik Khachatryan was operating with his gang in 90s, the gang has already 23 years of history. “In the spring of 1990 Surik Khachatryan, who was convicted and imprisoned for the past 4 crime and took his punishment almost in all prisons of Armenia, also Azerbaijan, at the time in Shushi and Baku prisons, presents in Goris and begins to direct the President of Self-defense in Goris and the Board members …
During that time, instead of strengthening the defense of the border in Goris, just the opposite is happening. and more than two dozen shepherds of almost all bordering villages, also of “Avangard” farm in Goris regional center, including Shinuhayr farm, and homeland defenders were dying, and about 5,000 cattle were captured…. In mid of October 1990 such a thing happened in the village Khnatsakh, a few kilometers from the village, at night, one of the best defenders of the village Yura and a shepherd Vagharshak were killed, 1400 animals were captured. When my friends and I arrived at the place of the incident, we saw that hardly the Turk might come so close and make that crime. In our deep opinion, the majority of those crimes were committed in Armenia by oh, gosh! Armenians. On October 15, Vazgen Sargsyan together with Smbat Hakobyan arrived in Goris and convened a meeting with fighters for freedom. At the time, the official battalions were created. During that meeting I asked whether people with criminal part must take a place in the command staff of newly established battalion, Vazgen Sargsyan answered ‘no’, but some people who have been convicted in the past may also participate as ordinary soldier for the defense of the homeland.
Then I asked whether it will be possible for residents of Goris to nominate candidates for battalion commander, Vazgen Sargsyan gave his consent. In 2 days, my friends and I initiated general meetings with the residents of all bordering villages of Goris, which unanimously recommended the enthusiast of battle, a member of ARF, combat squadron commander Sos (Lerment) Sargsyan for the post of the battalion commander. After that, when we were getting ready to leave the positions, Surik Khachatryan deceptively and forcedly took me and Sos to their private prison in Goris and kept us there for thirty days and a few hours of torture. Nothing was left from Sos’s glorious beard, they were pulling off his beard with nails. Then we were forced to write where we got the weapons from, were forced to write that we had taken the weapons from the ARF party, and so on … I concretely wrote, “I serve with my weapon and with my friends and will continue to serve for the liberation of the Armenians. After that, they wanted to hang us at the Goris square, spreading false information that as if my friend and I were selling weapons to Turks.
Contrary to their expectations, Goris people, especially the residents of Khnatsakh and Vanatur villagers stood up, where we had participated a lot in self-defense. This wrath in Khnatsakh was led by the ARF member, Chairman of Goris Committee, 29 years old inhabitant, father of three years old lonely child Armen Alexanyan… Three four days later Surik Khachatryan together with some members of his gang abducted Armen Alexanyan and his wife, he took them to a place, ties them and demonstrates a degrading treatment, even threatened that his wife will be raped in front of his eyes. They were demanding from them to stop the fight and leave the ARF. Somehow getting rid of them, Armen continues his fight. Three months later, in the result of the election by the whole population of the village, Armen is elected as a village mayor, some time later, when they go home to celebrate with relatives, a village addict by the name Vahan enters the room and with an automatic fire destroys many of the participants. Armen Alexanyan, his sister, his wife, his mother, father-in-law, and three relatives died, and 7 people were severely injured. After committing the crime Vahan ran away to his home, changed dresses and came out to get onto the waiting car to leave, but the crime committer was shot dead near his house … An investigation was organized but a short time later it was formulated that due to lack corpus deliciti, the criminal case is dismissed.”,- told the former mayor of Goris.
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