Armenia’s Court of Appeals has ordered a new investigation into the death of a pregnant woman hit by a police car escorting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s motorcade in April 2022. Sona Mnatsakanyan, 28, was killed in the hit-and-run. Her family has been critical of the criminal investigation, saying that police refuse to release radio conversations among the security personnel from the day of the accident. Police say the conversations were not recorded due to a technical malfunction. The court has ordered the Investigative Committee to inspect why the recordings are missing. The driver, Aram Navasardyan, has been indicted on charges of reckless driving and negligence. Other members of the security detail were cleared during last year’s investigation.
