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ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS DEMANDS AUTHORITIES TO FIND AND PROSECUTE THOSE INVOLVED IN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON HAYRIKYAN
YEREVAN, February 1. /ARKA/. The opposition Armenian National
Congress demands that the authorities track down all those guilty
of the assassination attempt against Paruyr Hayrikyan, one of eight
candidates in the February 18 presidential poll, and prosecute them
to the full extent of the law, Levon Zurabyan, coordinator of the
Congress, told journalists refraining from any comment.
Paruyr Hayrikyan, was shot and wounded in a central city Yerevan
yesterday night at 23:30 in an assassination attempt. He was rushed
into the Surb Grikor Lusavorich Hospital where a bullet was extracted
from his shoulder. The police and the National Security Service's
officers have already launched an investigation into the case.
The gunman, if tracked down, will be charged with an attempted
assassination of a political and public activist which committed to
stop his activity.
Serzh Sargsyan, the Armenian president in office; Hrant Bagratyan,
a former prime minister and the leader of Freedom party; Raffi
Hovannisian, a former foreign minister and the leader of Heritage
party; Paruyr Hayrikyan, a prominent Soviet-era dissident and the head
of the National Self-Determination Party; Arman Melikyan, a former
foreign minister of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic; Andrias Ghukasyan, a
political analyst and head of Radio Hay; Vardan Sedrakyan, a specialist
in epics, and Aram Harutyunyan, leader of National Consent party will
compete for presidency in the February 18 poll. -0-
From: A. Papazian
YEREVAN, February 1. /ARKA/. The opposition Armenian National
Congress demands that the authorities track down all those guilty
of the assassination attempt against Paruyr Hayrikyan, one of eight
candidates in the February 18 presidential poll, and prosecute them
to the full extent of the law, Levon Zurabyan, coordinator of the
Congress, told journalists refraining from any comment.
Paruyr Hayrikyan, was shot and wounded in a central city Yerevan
yesterday night at 23:30 in an assassination attempt. He was rushed
into the Surb Grikor Lusavorich Hospital where a bullet was extracted
from his shoulder. The police and the National Security Service's
officers have already launched an investigation into the case.
The gunman, if tracked down, will be charged with an attempted
assassination of a political and public activist which committed to
stop his activity.
Serzh Sargsyan, the Armenian president in office; Hrant Bagratyan,
a former prime minister and the leader of Freedom party; Raffi
Hovannisian, a former foreign minister and the leader of Heritage
party; Paruyr Hayrikyan, a prominent Soviet-era dissident and the head
of the National Self-Determination Party; Arman Melikyan, a former
foreign minister of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic; Andrias Ghukasyan, a
political analyst and head of Radio Hay; Vardan Sedrakyan, a specialist
in epics, and Aram Harutyunyan, leader of National Consent party will
compete for presidency in the February 18 poll. -0-
From: A. Papazian