Russian soldier accused of killing Armenian family to go on trial at garrison court in Gyumri: Interfax
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YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 3, ARMENPRESS. Armenia and Russia have agreed that Russian serviceman Valery Permyakov, who has been accused of murdering a family of seven in Armenia's northern city of Gyumri, will go on trial in Armenia on the premises of Russia's military base there. As reports “Armenpress”, sources familiar with the situation told Interfax on Tuesday.
"The parties reached a final agreement that the trial in this high-profile case will proceed in Gyumri, at Garrison Military Court No. 102 of the Russian military base," one of the sources said.
Such a decision was adopted in accordance with the bilateral agreement regulating the presence of Russia's military base in northern Armenia, he said.
Another source told Interfax that Armenia and Russia had also agreed to cooperate during a preliminary investigation.
"Since the crime of the Avetisyan family's murder is being investigated simultaneously by the Armenian and Russian sides, they are considering the possibility of adopting a joint, consolidated indictment based on Russian penal laws," he said.
Permyakov also faces charges of going absent without leave (AWOL) in possession of firearms, he said.
"The Russian side will be informed of all circumstances established by Armenian investigators and will add them to the case files," the source said.
Previously it was reported 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.
6-month old Seryozha Avetisyan was taken to the hospital with a number of stab wounds, one of them in the area of abdominal cavity. The doctors could not save the life of 6-month-old Seryozha Avetisyan. Biological death of the child was recorded at 17:02 on January 19.
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.