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ARMENIA: EX-CANDIDATE HELD IN SHOOTING OF RIVAL
The Associated Press
March 6, 2013 Wednesday 08:29 PM GMT
Vardan Sedrakian, a former Armenian presidential contender, has been
arrested in the shooting of another fringe candidate ahead of last
month's election, authorities said Wednesday.
The Jan. 31 attack on Paruir Airikian, who was shot in the shoulder,
threatened to cause the vote to be postponed. But the election was held
as planned on Feb. 18, and the incumbent president, Serge Sarkisian,
won easily with nearly 59 percent of the vote.
Two other men accused in the attack were arrested last month.
Sedrakian said at the time that he knew the men, whom he had hired
to renovate his apartment.
A spokesman for Armenia's National Security Agency, Artsvin Bagramian,
on Wednesday confirmed Sedrakian's arrest. On Tuesday, after a court
sanctioned his arrest, Sedrakian said in an interview that he had
not yet been notified but greeted the news "with humor."
The Associated Press
March 6, 2013 Wednesday 08:29 PM GMT
Vardan Sedrakian, a former Armenian presidential contender, has been
arrested in the shooting of another fringe candidate ahead of last
month's election, authorities said Wednesday.
The Jan. 31 attack on Paruir Airikian, who was shot in the shoulder,
threatened to cause the vote to be postponed. But the election was held
as planned on Feb. 18, and the incumbent president, Serge Sarkisian,
won easily with nearly 59 percent of the vote.
Two other men accused in the attack were arrested last month.
Sedrakian said at the time that he knew the men, whom he had hired
to renovate his apartment.
A spokesman for Armenia's National Security Agency, Artsvin Bagramian,
on Wednesday confirmed Sedrakian's arrest. On Tuesday, after a court
sanctioned his arrest, Sedrakian said in an interview that he had
not yet been notified but greeted the news "with humor."