WHAT WEAPONS CAUSED THE DEATH OF THE VICTIMS?

Our interlocutor is VAHAGN HAROUTYUNYAN, Senior Investigator of the Special Investigative Service

“Some people died and others were wounded by fire-arms as a result of the March 1-2 disorders. However, it is not known up to date what weapons caused the death of the victims. It doesn’t seem difficult for the inquest body to find out the type of the weapons used, considering that the bullets have been found. After all, what pistols or self-firing guns released shots, causing the death of several people?”
“You know, the issue whether or not the process is difficult is strictly relative, because it is a most complex technical task whose solution can be provided by the expert examination only. In particular, it is carried out by experts, and only they can state whether the given bullet was released from the given gun.
By the way, an expert examination with the purpose of clearing up the question was appointed long ago but because this is a voluminous case and there are a lot of shells found from the scene of action that are being compared with the bullets pulled out from the dead bodies of the victims and generally, all the shells, bullets and fire-arms registered in the Republican Police Shooting Range, the process takes a long time.
Let me note that according to the established rules, the data obtained as a result of the examination of any shell, bullet and fire-arm within the frameworks of the any criminal case (be it the March 1 case or any other case examined 3 years ago) is sent to the shell range.
The latter is a specific kind of storehouse or bank in which the stored items serve as tools for expert analysis. That’s to say, with the purpose of finding out the origin of the given weapon acquired from unknown sources and in an illegal manner and the bullets released from them they are compared with the items stored in the shell range.”
“But are they compared with the weapons handed over to the Police?”
“Naturally, they are. Moreover, the bullets and shells are compared not only with the arms handed over to the Police but also with the weapons available to the police officers on the given day.”
“Are there any well-grounded facts in that connection?”
“The conclusion of the expert examination isn’t available up to date. That’s to say, the expert examination is still in process, and no information is reported in that connection unless the examination is over.”
“And what will you say about the special means (tear gas etc.) used? Is the expert examination concerning this particular part of the case over?”
“No, this examination is still in process too. We also have problems in terms of the identification of the special means.”
R. SARGSYAN

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