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SIBERIAN CONSCRIPT 'ADMITS' KILLING SIX MEMBERS OF AN ARMENIAN FAMILY IN SHOCKING ATTACK
The Siberian Times, Russia
Jan 13 2015
By The Siberian Times reporter
13 January 2015
Baby boy aged six months, the sole survivor of massacre, fights for
his life.
Russian conscript Valery Permyakov, 18, has admitted killing a family
with his military Kalashnikov machine gun, say Armenian prosecutors.
He left his post and called at a house close to Gyumri at 6am on the
pretext of asking for a drink of water. The door was opened by Asmik
Avetisyan 51, who was shot dead on the spot.
Then the killer rushed inside and shot dead her husband Serzh
Avetisyan, 53, their daughter Aida, 35, son Armen, 33, and
daughter-in-law Araksiaya, 22.
Armen and Araksiya's daughter Asmik, two, was stabbed with an army
knife in her bed. The conscript wounded the couple's second child
Serezha, aged six months.
The massacre was discovered some hours later when a relative called
at the house. Miraculously the baby was still alive, but was said to
be in a 'grave' condition.
The child underwent emergency surgery on 12 January, and is on an
artificial lung. He has a knife wound to the chest, say medics.
The soldier left his army boots and Kalashnikov in the house,
along with his uniform, and fled the house in casual clothes. He was
arrested later by guards close to the Armenia border with Turkey. He
was handed to the commander of his military base, and is now held in
the camp's jail.
Deputy Head of Armenian Police Hunan Poghosyan said that the Russian
serviceman had admitted to the murder of the Avetisyans' family.
'The suspect of the Avetisyans family murder in Gyumri, common soldier
of the 102nd Russian military base, Valery Permyakov, gave the first
testimonies and admitted to the murder,' said Poghosyan.
He faces up to 20 years in jail if convicted, said experts.
The Defence Minister of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan met with the Deputy
Defense Minister of Russia Arkady Bakhin to discuss the case.
A protest outside the Russian Embassy in Yerevan with some demand
for Vladimir Putin to apologise to the Armenian people.
A friend of the detained man in Chita, called Andrei, was quoted
as saying: 'I am shocked. Honestly, I do not think he is capable
of murder.'
Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper in Russia reported that Permyakov had
a mental disorder in the past but still he was recruited to serve in
the army, where he was a tank driver.
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The Siberian Times, Russia
Jan 13 2015
By The Siberian Times reporter
13 January 2015
Baby boy aged six months, the sole survivor of massacre, fights for
his life.
Russian conscript Valery Permyakov, 18, has admitted killing a family
with his military Kalashnikov machine gun, say Armenian prosecutors.
He left his post and called at a house close to Gyumri at 6am on the
pretext of asking for a drink of water. The door was opened by Asmik
Avetisyan 51, who was shot dead on the spot.
Then the killer rushed inside and shot dead her husband Serzh
Avetisyan, 53, their daughter Aida, 35, son Armen, 33, and
daughter-in-law Araksiaya, 22.
Armen and Araksiya's daughter Asmik, two, was stabbed with an army
knife in her bed. The conscript wounded the couple's second child
Serezha, aged six months.
The massacre was discovered some hours later when a relative called
at the house. Miraculously the baby was still alive, but was said to
be in a 'grave' condition.
The child underwent emergency surgery on 12 January, and is on an
artificial lung. He has a knife wound to the chest, say medics.
The soldier left his army boots and Kalashnikov in the house,
along with his uniform, and fled the house in casual clothes. He was
arrested later by guards close to the Armenia border with Turkey. He
was handed to the commander of his military base, and is now held in
the camp's jail.
Deputy Head of Armenian Police Hunan Poghosyan said that the Russian
serviceman had admitted to the murder of the Avetisyans' family.
'The suspect of the Avetisyans family murder in Gyumri, common soldier
of the 102nd Russian military base, Valery Permyakov, gave the first
testimonies and admitted to the murder,' said Poghosyan.
He faces up to 20 years in jail if convicted, said experts.
The Defence Minister of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan met with the Deputy
Defense Minister of Russia Arkady Bakhin to discuss the case.
A protest outside the Russian Embassy in Yerevan with some demand
for Vladimir Putin to apologise to the Armenian people.
A friend of the detained man in Chita, called Andrei, was quoted
as saying: 'I am shocked. Honestly, I do not think he is capable
of murder.'
Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper in Russia reported that Permyakov had
a mental disorder in the past but still he was recruited to serve in
the army, where he was a tank driver.
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