19 year-old Hayk Mkrtchyan, the soldier who died on September 7 while serving at an Askeran military post, was laid to rest today in the village of Amberd.

Hayk's relatives told Hetq that they would leave no stone unturned to expose the true reason for the young soldier's death in Artsakh since they do not believe the official line.

The Defense Ministry claims that Hayk was killed during an argument with another conscript soldier, Lendroush Nazloukhyan, who opened fire on Mkrtchyan.

Relatives claim that 14 bullets were removed from Hayk's body during the autopsy.

At yesterday's requiem service, a number of army officials were present.

The Defense Ministry picked up the tab for the funeral.

A criminal case has been launched into the non-combat related killing.