Axe-Murderer of Armenian Officer Gets Life in Prison
I wanted to update people on the conclusion to a horrendous incident which happened a couple of years ago. I made a post about the murder and trial when I found out about it a year ago. I’ve also had a link to a site with news and background on the incident in the sidebar of my site since that time.
Well, the trial for the merciless Azeri murderer of an innocent Armenian officer, who was learning English in a university in Hungary through a NATO-sponsored program, is over.
An Azeri who confessed to murdering an Armenian officer 26-year-old Gurgen Margarian while at NATO Partnership for Peace English-language training in Hungary was last week sentenced to life in prison with eligibility for parole in 30 years, a maximum sentence under Hungarian law. The Azeri lieutenant Ramil Safarov killed Margarian with an axe as he slept in his dorm room on the grounds of the Hungarian Defense Academy during the night of February 19, 2004. Safarov then tried but failed to kill a second Armenian officer, Hayk Makuchian, sleeping in a room nearby.
Thank you Hungarian courts for at the very least bringing this animal to justice, and giving what little peace we can offer to the family of the young man who was slain.