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RUSSIAN SOLDIER SUSPECTED OF KILLING SIX IN ARMENIA DETAINED
Big News Network
Jan 13 2015
RFE Tuesday 13th January, 2015
A Russian soldier suspected of murdering six members of a single
family near Russia's military base in Armenia has been detained and
handed over to the authorities at the base.
A spokesman for the Russian Federal Security Service's border guards
in Armenia said Valery Permyakov was detained on January 13, shortly
after midnight, while trying to cross the border into Turkey dressed
in civilian clothing.
Permyakov is accused of killing six members of a family in Gyumri,
the city where Russia's 102nd Military Base is located, after deserting
on January 12.
A six-month-old boy was wounded but survived the attack, whose
victims were a couple, their son and daughter-in-law, a 2-year-old
granddaughter, and an unmarried daughter.
Authorities have not spoken publicly of a motive.
Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian met with senior law enforcement
officers on January 12 and stressed "the importance of discovering the
details of this tragedy very swiftly" and punishing those responsible
"to the full extent of the law."
Russia has about 3,000 troops at the base in the South Caucasus nation,
one of its largest military installations abroad.
Armenia is a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization
(CSTO) and the Eurasian Economic Union, two Russian-dominated groups
of former Soviet republics.
With reporting by RFE/RL's Armenian Service and Interfax
http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/sid/229320141
Big News Network
Jan 13 2015
RFE Tuesday 13th January, 2015
A Russian soldier suspected of murdering six members of a single
family near Russia's military base in Armenia has been detained and
handed over to the authorities at the base.
A spokesman for the Russian Federal Security Service's border guards
in Armenia said Valery Permyakov was detained on January 13, shortly
after midnight, while trying to cross the border into Turkey dressed
in civilian clothing.
Permyakov is accused of killing six members of a family in Gyumri,
the city where Russia's 102nd Military Base is located, after deserting
on January 12.
A six-month-old boy was wounded but survived the attack, whose
victims were a couple, their son and daughter-in-law, a 2-year-old
granddaughter, and an unmarried daughter.
Authorities have not spoken publicly of a motive.
Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian met with senior law enforcement
officers on January 12 and stressed "the importance of discovering the
details of this tragedy very swiftly" and punishing those responsible
"to the full extent of the law."
Russia has about 3,000 troops at the base in the South Caucasus nation,
one of its largest military installations abroad.
Armenia is a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization
(CSTO) and the Eurasian Economic Union, two Russian-dominated groups
of former Soviet republics.
With reporting by RFE/RL's Armenian Service and Interfax
http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/sid/229320141