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BREAKING NEWS: CANDIDATE HAYRIKYAN WOUNDED IN SHOOTING
http://armenianow.com/news/43021/paruyr_hayrikyan_shooting_wounded
NEWS | 01.02.13 | 00:22
Paruyr Hayrikyan, a candidate in the current campaign for the
presidency of Armenia was shot late Thursday evening in Tpagrichner
street, downtown Yerevan. The wound was not fatal and it is reported
that he was shot in the shoulder.
Few details are known as of shortly past midnight Yerevan time.
Armenianow tried to get in touch with candidate Hayrikyan by calling
his cell phone. A young man answered and confirmed that he had been
shot and taken to Grigor Lusavorish hospital.
A nurse on duty at the hospital informed ArmeniaNow that Hayrikyan was
wounded in his right collarbone, but was conscious.
Reportedly chief of police Vladimir Gasparyan and more than two dozens
of police officers arrived after the incident.
Harikyan, 63, is a former Soviet dissident, and leader of the National
Self-Determination Union, and is considered a marginal figure in the
race for president, recently polling less than one percent of voter
interest.
ArmeniaNow will be following developments as news emerges.
http://armenianow.com/news/43021/paruyr_hayrikyan_shooting_wounded
NEWS | 01.02.13 | 00:22
Paruyr Hayrikyan, a candidate in the current campaign for the
presidency of Armenia was shot late Thursday evening in Tpagrichner
street, downtown Yerevan. The wound was not fatal and it is reported
that he was shot in the shoulder.
Few details are known as of shortly past midnight Yerevan time.
Armenianow tried to get in touch with candidate Hayrikyan by calling
his cell phone. A young man answered and confirmed that he had been
shot and taken to Grigor Lusavorish hospital.
A nurse on duty at the hospital informed ArmeniaNow that Hayrikyan was
wounded in his right collarbone, but was conscious.
Reportedly chief of police Vladimir Gasparyan and more than two dozens
of police officers arrived after the incident.
Harikyan, 63, is a former Soviet dissident, and leader of the National
Self-Determination Union, and is considered a marginal figure in the
race for president, recently polling less than one percent of voter
interest.
ArmeniaNow will be following developments as news emerges.