YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 5, ARMENPRESS: Artush Margaryan, the father of the officer Gurgen Margaryan, who was axe-murdered in Hungary by an Azerbaijani assassin Ramil Safarov, made a suicide attempt in his house in the Yerevan Mush district. As Armenpress was reported by the Police, on the case materials are being prepared. Artush Margaryan is now at the Malatya Medical Center. He was operated on.

On February 19 2004 in Budapest Azerbaijani assassin Ramil Safarov, who axe-murdered Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan while sleeping with 16 blows, when they were participating in NATO English Language Courses in the capital of Hungary, was sentenced to life imprisonment without right to be pardoned for 30 years. On August 31 2012 Safarov was extradited from Hungary to Azerbaijan and was pardoned by the President Ilham Aliyev. The murderer was advanced to mayor, provided with an apartment and given «national hero» and compensated for the 8 years of the imprisonment in Hungary. Armenia suspended diplomatic relations with Hungary. The extradition, pardoning and release of Safarov were condemned by many countries and authoritative organizations of the world.