Gyumri murder investigation under Armenia's jurisdiction: Specialist

YEREVAN, JANUARY 13, ARMENPRESS: According to the international agreement signed in 1997 between the Republic of Armenia and the Russian Federation on the military base, the murder case investigation, committed on January 12 in Gyumri, is under the jurisdiction of Armenia and the crime case, desertion and weapon issue is under the jurisdiction of Russia. The opinion belongs to the criminal law specialist Ruben Melikyan.

Melikyan told Armenpress that the issue is legal, therefore, the issue procedures should be based on legal regulations. The criminal law specialist states that the agreement regulates the jurisdictional issues between the military representatives of the Russian military base, which provides a precise configuration.

The Russian officials, arrived in Armenia in connection with the murder, committed in Gyumri on January 12, intend to transfer the case to the Armenian side. A criminal case was filed on the murder of six members of one family in accordance with the second part of the 104th article of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia. The Russian side filed a criminal case based on desertion and murder.

The Russian serviceman, suspected of killing six family members in Armenia’s second largest city, was found overnight. Valery Permyakov, who was reported to be the main suspect in the deadly incident, was found by Russian border guards in the village Bayandur (Shirak region), Armenpress reports, citing the regional prosecutor Raffi Aslanyan. He reportedly attempted to cross the Armenia-Turkey border but didn’t succeed as he was identified on the spot. The suspect is now with the Russian frontier troops. The representatives of the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Armenia and the Investigation Committee of Armenia are also in the site. The Russia's Southern Federal District Prosecutor has arrived to the site as well. The further actions are being discussed. The investigation of the criminal case has been transferred to the Investigation Committee, directly supervised by the General Prosecutor of the Republic of Armenia.

Earlier it was reported that 6 dead bodies with gunshot wounds have been found in Gyumri’s Myasnikyan 188 address. Armenpress reporter managed to find out on the spot that 6-8 month old baby has been taken to the hospital. The childwasoperated on in Gyumri’s Austrian Hospital. All the victims of assassination in Armenia’s Gyumri have been identified. The Press Secretary of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia Sona Truzyan informed Armenpress that Seryozha K. Avetisyan (father of the family), Hasmik R. Avetisyan (mother of the family), Armen S. Avetisyan (their son), Araks A. Avetisyan (family’s bride), Aida S. Avetisyan (daughter) and Hasmik A. Avetisyan (2-year old child) have been killed. The seventh member of the family, 6-8 month old child Seryozha A. Avetisyan has been hospitalized.