National hero Tiran Khachatryan arrested

Major General Tiran Khachatryan, a national hero of Armenia, was arrested on Saturday morning, his lawyer Varazdat Harutyunyan told Sputnik Armenia.

Khachatryan, who formerly served as the first deputy chief of the Armenian military’s General Staff, is facing charges related to some events during the 2020 Artsakh war.

Prosecutors have requested the court to approve his pre-trial detention.