Those responsible for Gyumri tragedy cannot avoid strict punishment: Defense Minister

YEREVAN, JANUARY 17, ARMENPRESS. The Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan doesn’t find that those responsible of the brutal assassination of the family of six in Armenia’s Gyumri can avoid strict punishment. As reports “Armenpress”, the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan stated this at the course of the press conference held on January 17.

Previously it was reported that Seryozha Avetisyan was taken to Yerevan’s “Holy Theotokos” medical centre. 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.

Minor positive changes have been noticed in the health condition of the 6-month old Seryozha Avetisyan, who survived the brutal multiple murder in Armenia’s Gyumri. The child will breathe via artificial respiration facility for another couple of days.

Seryozha Avetisyan was taken to the hospital with a number of stab wounds, one of them in the area of abdominal cavity. The child is currently in the intensive care unit; his condition remains heavy, but stable.

The serviceman of the Russian military base 102 Valery Permyakov, suspected in the assassination of the family of 6 in Armenia’s Gyumri, has given first testimonies and confessed his crime.

The Russian frontier troops arrested the suspect of the assassination in Armenia’s Gyumri, who attempted to cross the Armenian-Turkish border. The suspect was arrested in the vicinity of Bayandur village.