YEREVAN, 30 JANUARY, ARMENPRESS. The preliminary investigation into the criminal case instigated in relation to the murder of the seven members of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri on 12 January 2015 continues as part of the proceedings instituted by the General investigation Department for Specially Significant Cases of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia.

As the Department of Information and Public Relations of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia reports to “Armenpress”, five of the relatives of the victims have been recognized as successors to the victims and have been interrogated for clarification of the circumstances behind the incident.

The investigation has shown that the three phones found at the moment of arrest of Valery Permyakov, who is charged with the murder of the Avetisyan family, were the phones of the victims.