A military court in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, Turkey, has agreed to try the commander of a Turkish-Armenian soldier who was killed under suspicious circumstances while performing his military service in 2011, Hurriyet Daily News reported.

Non-commissioned officer Sabrettin Ersöz will stand trial as part of a case into the killing of Sevag Şahin Balıkçı on charges of "abuse of office through negligence."

Balıkçı was shot in a gendarmerie station of Batman province by another soldier, Kıvanç Ağaoğlu.

The incident took place on April 24, the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day.