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ARMENIAN UNIVERSITY LECTURER KILLED AND HER HOME SET ON FIRE, BUT NOT ACCIDENTALLY
news.am
Sept 19 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - The fire at an apartment house in Yerevan on Saturday was
not accidental; it was an attempt to conceal a murder.
The operative police squad that arrived on the scene discovered the
burnt body of the apartment's owner, 64-year-old Armine Hovveyan, who
also had fractures on her head. At the apartment house, the police
also found 43-year-old Karen Petrosyan, who was taken to hospital
with bodily injuries, respiratory burns, and alcohol poisoning,
Armenian Police Force Press Service informed Armenian News.NEWS.am.
A criminal case is launched against Petrosyan, on Sunday, on
charges of murder, robbery, and deliberate destruction of-or damage
to-property. The police have found that, on Saturday at noon, Karen
Petrosyan, having used alcohol, went to Armine Hovveyan's apartment
house where he consumed more alcohol, and then hit Hovveyan over
the head with a hammer several times and killed her. Afterwards,
stealing 40,000 drams ($107 US) and jewelry belonging to Hovveyan,
he set the apartment house on fire in order to hide the traces of
the crime, but he was unable to leave the house.
The fire brigade brought Petrosyan out of the house and transferred
him to hospital where he escaped, but the police found and placed
him under custody.
The stolen money and jewelry are seized. Karen Petrosyan is under
arrest, and an investigation is launched.
Armenian News-NEWS.am reported about this fire earlier.
news.am
Sept 19 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - The fire at an apartment house in Yerevan on Saturday was
not accidental; it was an attempt to conceal a murder.
The operative police squad that arrived on the scene discovered the
burnt body of the apartment's owner, 64-year-old Armine Hovveyan, who
also had fractures on her head. At the apartment house, the police
also found 43-year-old Karen Petrosyan, who was taken to hospital
with bodily injuries, respiratory burns, and alcohol poisoning,
Armenian Police Force Press Service informed Armenian News.NEWS.am.
A criminal case is launched against Petrosyan, on Sunday, on
charges of murder, robbery, and deliberate destruction of-or damage
to-property. The police have found that, on Saturday at noon, Karen
Petrosyan, having used alcohol, went to Armine Hovveyan's apartment
house where he consumed more alcohol, and then hit Hovveyan over
the head with a hammer several times and killed her. Afterwards,
stealing 40,000 drams ($107 US) and jewelry belonging to Hovveyan,
he set the apartment house on fire in order to hide the traces of
the crime, but he was unable to leave the house.
The fire brigade brought Petrosyan out of the house and transferred
him to hospital where he escaped, but the police found and placed
him under custody.
The stolen money and jewelry are seized. Karen Petrosyan is under
arrest, and an investigation is launched.
Armenian News-NEWS.am reported about this fire earlier.