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NOISY MURDERS, MOST OF WHICH IN YEREVAN, COMMITTED IN ARMENIA DURING ALL 9 MONTHS OF 2006
Noyan Tapan
Sept 11 2006
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 11, NOYAN TAPAN. No case of noisy murder was
fixed in Armenia only in May of the current year. The newspaper
"Haykakan Zhamanak" (Armenian time) writes about it in the September
8 issue in an article entitled "Hit Parade Murder-2006," presenting
statistics of the 2006 noisy murders. Three masked people broke into
the "Rafik Voskanian" IE currency exchange point in the territory of
the "Aeroex" LTD on the groud floor of the Baghramian 2 building,
at about 01:00 at night of January 21 and made an attempt to steal
money existed there. Artur Mkrtchian, a police employee implementing
service there, was killed as a result. In about a week, the murder
was casually revealed: a man was witness of the criminals' drunk
self-confession and warned the legal bodies. Alexander Davtian, a
driver-collector of the Armincassatsia CJSC, was killed on February
3. According to the RA Police, unknown persons cooly killed him during
few minutes and hijacked the car in which there were about 160 thousand
dollars. The murder has not been revealed by now. Ashot Vardanian, the
"Qaghtsrik" LTD Director was killed in the address of Sayat-Nova 37,
in the daytime on March 4. In about three months, in June, the murder
was revealed: the vindictiveness version was proved. Investigation
was stated towards H.Karapetian, accused of A.Vardanian's murder. Hayk
Artush Ter-Tadevosian, son of Komandos, General Arkadi Ter-Tadevosian,
and his friend Tadevos Vardges Hambardzumian, shot on April 13 with
fire-arms in the direction of young people in the address of Komitas
1, in the consequence of what Erik Asatrian born in 1980 died at
place. The above-mentioned two people accused of the murder went to
the Police on April 24, with confession. Sedrak Zatikian (son of Vahan
Zatikian, the former head (1996-1999) of the Malatia-Sebastia community
of Yerevan), a member of the board of the Yerkrapah Volunteers Union
(95-99), RA NA Deputy, who suddenly died on October 8, 1999) was killed
in the daytime, on June 22, on the crossroads of the Sebastia-Tichina
streets. A casual passer-by woman also died from the murderer's
shots. The murder has not been revealed by now. Armen Novikov was
seriously injuried from arm-fires, then kidnapped in the address of
Shahumian 8, Yerevan, on July 13. He was one of participants of the
bloody shooting accident taken place in "Tets Krug" (outskirts of
Yerevan) in February 2005, with participation of some hundreds of
armed people. Presence of a casual passer-by at the time of accident
saved A.Novikov's life. The kidnappers took him to hospital and,
leaving him injuried at the entrance, went away. One of the people
attacked Novikov, Levon Ghazarian, came to the legal bodies with
confession in about two weeks. He was one of participants of the
"Tets Krug" accident. Alexander Givoyev, the head of the Organization
for Protection Children's Rights, a business, was killed on the
Ashtarak-Gyumri highway on August 8. An innocent woman was killed with
the murderers' shots this time as well. It was found out in future
that Givoyev's murderers pursued him in a car hijacked 2 months ago
and being in search. On August 9, in a day after Givoyev's murder,
Armen Grigorian, the Director of the "Merci" fashion jewelry shop was
killed in his flat. The latter died of numerous brain injuries. The
mentioned two murders have not been revealed by now.
Shahen Hovasapian, the Chief of the Investigation Department of the
RA State Tax Service attached to Government was killed on September
6 in the consequence of an explosion in his office car. To add,
another case of murder was also touched upon in the press. It took
place in May in the snack bar near the Yerevan-Sevan highway when,
as a result of an argument turned into a brawl, a 22-year old boy
from Hrazdan was wounded with knife and died at place. So, according
to the above-mentioned, as of September, 2006, noisy murders, most of
which in Yerevan, took place in Armenia during all the passed 9 months.
Noyan Tapan
Sept 11 2006
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 11, NOYAN TAPAN. No case of noisy murder was
fixed in Armenia only in May of the current year. The newspaper
"Haykakan Zhamanak" (Armenian time) writes about it in the September
8 issue in an article entitled "Hit Parade Murder-2006," presenting
statistics of the 2006 noisy murders. Three masked people broke into
the "Rafik Voskanian" IE currency exchange point in the territory of
the "Aeroex" LTD on the groud floor of the Baghramian 2 building,
at about 01:00 at night of January 21 and made an attempt to steal
money existed there. Artur Mkrtchian, a police employee implementing
service there, was killed as a result. In about a week, the murder
was casually revealed: a man was witness of the criminals' drunk
self-confession and warned the legal bodies. Alexander Davtian, a
driver-collector of the Armincassatsia CJSC, was killed on February
3. According to the RA Police, unknown persons cooly killed him during
few minutes and hijacked the car in which there were about 160 thousand
dollars. The murder has not been revealed by now. Ashot Vardanian, the
"Qaghtsrik" LTD Director was killed in the address of Sayat-Nova 37,
in the daytime on March 4. In about three months, in June, the murder
was revealed: the vindictiveness version was proved. Investigation
was stated towards H.Karapetian, accused of A.Vardanian's murder. Hayk
Artush Ter-Tadevosian, son of Komandos, General Arkadi Ter-Tadevosian,
and his friend Tadevos Vardges Hambardzumian, shot on April 13 with
fire-arms in the direction of young people in the address of Komitas
1, in the consequence of what Erik Asatrian born in 1980 died at
place. The above-mentioned two people accused of the murder went to
the Police on April 24, with confession. Sedrak Zatikian (son of Vahan
Zatikian, the former head (1996-1999) of the Malatia-Sebastia community
of Yerevan), a member of the board of the Yerkrapah Volunteers Union
(95-99), RA NA Deputy, who suddenly died on October 8, 1999) was killed
in the daytime, on June 22, on the crossroads of the Sebastia-Tichina
streets. A casual passer-by woman also died from the murderer's
shots. The murder has not been revealed by now. Armen Novikov was
seriously injuried from arm-fires, then kidnapped in the address of
Shahumian 8, Yerevan, on July 13. He was one of participants of the
bloody shooting accident taken place in "Tets Krug" (outskirts of
Yerevan) in February 2005, with participation of some hundreds of
armed people. Presence of a casual passer-by at the time of accident
saved A.Novikov's life. The kidnappers took him to hospital and,
leaving him injuried at the entrance, went away. One of the people
attacked Novikov, Levon Ghazarian, came to the legal bodies with
confession in about two weeks. He was one of participants of the
"Tets Krug" accident. Alexander Givoyev, the head of the Organization
for Protection Children's Rights, a business, was killed on the
Ashtarak-Gyumri highway on August 8. An innocent woman was killed with
the murderers' shots this time as well. It was found out in future
that Givoyev's murderers pursued him in a car hijacked 2 months ago
and being in search. On August 9, in a day after Givoyev's murder,
Armen Grigorian, the Director of the "Merci" fashion jewelry shop was
killed in his flat. The latter died of numerous brain injuries. The
mentioned two murders have not been revealed by now.
Shahen Hovasapian, the Chief of the Investigation Department of the
RA State Tax Service attached to Government was killed on September
6 in the consequence of an explosion in his office car. To add,
another case of murder was also touched upon in the press. It took
place in May in the snack bar near the Yerevan-Sevan highway when,
as a result of an argument turned into a brawl, a 22-year old boy
from Hrazdan was wounded with knife and died at place. So, according
to the above-mentioned, as of September, 2006, noisy murders, most of
which in Yerevan, took place in Armenia during all the passed 9 months.