Each Truck is Accompanied by a Incense Holder to Mask the Heavy Odor of Corpses, Says Naira Zohrabyan on Refrigerated Trucks

MP Naira Zohrabyan reports: "In the territory of the Morgue in Talin, there are refrigerated trucks from 'Spayka,' two of which are already empty. Next to each truck, an incense holder has been placed to mask the heavy odor of corpses with the scent of incense. Inside the morgue building, there is a room that resembles a chapel; mothers searching for their sons have attached photographs of their sons to the wall, as well as images of tattoos on various parts of their bodies, so that in case a new body or a piece of a body is brought, they can at least identify it by the tattoos.

For several months now, students from the medical university have been volunteering at the Talin morgue. These young students serve both as morticians and as companions for grieving parents, patiently listening to the stories of mothers who have lost their sons.

I pulled off the picture of my friend Gegham Nazaryan's son, Abgar, whose body has already been found and buried. At this moment, there are about 150 bodies and body parts in the Talin morgue, and DNA has been taken from all of them. They are waiting for answers. The morgue's refrigerator contained bodies in white plastic bags and what remained from the soldiers' bodies. They said that there are no body parts left from which DNA samples have not been taken.

I understand that mothers who have lost their sons hope that their soldier will one day open the door to their home, but there are certain bodies in the morgue whose faces are preserved and recognizable, and I believe that the Ministry of Defense is the institution that should work with the parents and carry out that heavy identification. Of course, there are a few identifiable bodies in the Talin morgue, but no one has yet come looking for them."