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MOSCOW, JANUARY 14, ARMENPRESS: The Armenians, living in Moscow, will organize candle lighting in front of the Armenian Embassy to the Russian Federation on January 14 in the memory of the Avetisyans family, killed violently in Gyumri on January 12.Armenpress reports that the organizers published the invitation of the event in the Facebook social network as well. By this moment some tens of citizens, living in Moscow, have joined the initiative. The initiators intend also organizing candle lighting in the Armenian Church of Moscow and pray for the repose of the soul of the Avetisyans family.
The Requiem Mass will be held at St. Nshan Church in Gyumri on January 14 at 17:00 and will be followed by the funeral service on January 15 at 13:00.
Young and old citizens of Yerevan lit candles at Liberty Square in Yerevan on January 13, expressing their support to and solidarity with the Avetisyans, who were killed in Gyumri on January 12.
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.