YEREVAN, DECEMBER 17, ARMENPRESS. Caretaker Minister of Justice Artak Zeynalyan says he has visited Nairi Hunanyan, the ringleader of the 1999 Armenian parliament terror attack.

Zeynalyan told a news conference today that he had a private meeting with the jailed gunman.

Hunanyan is serving a life sentence in a Yerevan prison.

“I talked to him, I had a private conversation,” Zeynalyan said.

“I can also say that I advised him to exercise, because he has gotten overweight”.

The 1999 October 27 parliament shooting was a terror attack committed by a group of gunmen that assassinated Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, Speaker of Parliament Karen Demirchyan, two Deputy Speakers, a Cabinet member and three lawmakers.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan