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Armenians to light candles to commemorate the Gyumri family
YEREVAN, January 14. / ARKA /. Candles will be lit across Armenia in
late hours of January 15 in memory of a six-member family killed by
a runaway Russian soldier in the Armenian town of Gyumri on Monday
morning. The commemoration candle lighting is initiated by a group
of Facebook users who called on fellow citizens to light candles and
put on their windowsills.
According to police, Valery Permyakov from the Russian military
base in Gyumri admitted to murdering the six members of the family-
a couple, their son and daughter-in-law, a 2-year-old granddaughter,
and an unmarried daughter. They all were found shot dead in their
house on January 12.
The couple's six-month-old grandson was hospitalized in a grave
condition. The victims were all shot with an AK-47.
Valery Permyakov was detained on January 13, shortly after midnight,
while trying to cross the border into Turkey dressed in civilian
clothing.
Armenia's Office of the Prosecutor-General announced yesterday
that Permyakov will not be handed over to Armenian law-enforcement
authorities pending investigation. In a statement, it said that
Russia's constitution prohibits the extradition of Russian citizens
to foreign states.
The statement also said that Russian and Armenian law-enforcement
bodies are making a joint probe of the killings.
A spokeswoman for Armenia's State Investigative Committee (SIC) Sona
Truzyan said today that SIC has decided to prosecute Permyakov for
the killing of more than two people..-0-
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YEREVAN, January 14. / ARKA /. Candles will be lit across Armenia in
late hours of January 15 in memory of a six-member family killed by
a runaway Russian soldier in the Armenian town of Gyumri on Monday
morning. The commemoration candle lighting is initiated by a group
of Facebook users who called on fellow citizens to light candles and
put on their windowsills.
According to police, Valery Permyakov from the Russian military
base in Gyumri admitted to murdering the six members of the family-
a couple, their son and daughter-in-law, a 2-year-old granddaughter,
and an unmarried daughter. They all were found shot dead in their
house on January 12.
The couple's six-month-old grandson was hospitalized in a grave
condition. The victims were all shot with an AK-47.
Valery Permyakov was detained on January 13, shortly after midnight,
while trying to cross the border into Turkey dressed in civilian
clothing.
Armenia's Office of the Prosecutor-General announced yesterday
that Permyakov will not be handed over to Armenian law-enforcement
authorities pending investigation. In a statement, it said that
Russia's constitution prohibits the extradition of Russian citizens
to foreign states.
The statement also said that Russian and Armenian law-enforcement
bodies are making a joint probe of the killings.
A spokeswoman for Armenia's State Investigative Committee (SIC) Sona
Truzyan said today that SIC has decided to prosecute Permyakov for
the killing of more than two people..-0-
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/armenians_to_light_candles_to_commemorate_the_gyum ri_family/#sthash.d2L4D13D.dpuf