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HUNDREDS PROTEST IN ARMENIA AFTER FAMILY SLAYED
Zee News
Jan 14 2015
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - 22:11
Yerevan: Hundreds of angry Armenians protested near a Russian military
base Wednesday, demanding that a soldier accused of murdering a family
of six be delivered to Armenian justice authorities for trial.
Russian conscript Valery Permyakov is suspected of having shot dead
an entire family in the city of Gyumri, including a two-year-old child.
Another infant was gravely injured.
About 200 cars from around the country converged on Gyumri, where
funeral services were held for the Avetisyan family.
Hundreds of people picketed the Russian consulate and the prosecutor`s
office in Gyumri, demanding that Permyakov be handed over to Armenia
for prosecution.
Armenia`s General Prosecutor said after the murder that Permyakov -
who was arrested by Russian border guards as he tried to escape and
taken back to the Russian base in Gyumri - cannot be surrendered to
Armenia because he is a Russian citizen in Russian jurisdiction.
About 2,000 protesters gathered near the base Wednesday evening yelling
"Shame!" and waving signs reading "We demand that the murderer is given
over to Armenia," according to footage by CivilNet Internet channel.
Armenian police cordoned off the base and deployed a heavy contingent
of forces throughout Gyumri, which is the second largest city in
Armenia, a landlocked country that is Russia`s staunchest ally in
the Caucasus region.
http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/hundreds-protest-in-armenia-after-family-slayed_1530269.html
From: A. Papazian
Zee News
Jan 14 2015
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - 22:11
Yerevan: Hundreds of angry Armenians protested near a Russian military
base Wednesday, demanding that a soldier accused of murdering a family
of six be delivered to Armenian justice authorities for trial.
Russian conscript Valery Permyakov is suspected of having shot dead
an entire family in the city of Gyumri, including a two-year-old child.
Another infant was gravely injured.
About 200 cars from around the country converged on Gyumri, where
funeral services were held for the Avetisyan family.
Hundreds of people picketed the Russian consulate and the prosecutor`s
office in Gyumri, demanding that Permyakov be handed over to Armenia
for prosecution.
Armenia`s General Prosecutor said after the murder that Permyakov -
who was arrested by Russian border guards as he tried to escape and
taken back to the Russian base in Gyumri - cannot be surrendered to
Armenia because he is a Russian citizen in Russian jurisdiction.
About 2,000 protesters gathered near the base Wednesday evening yelling
"Shame!" and waving signs reading "We demand that the murderer is given
over to Armenia," according to footage by CivilNet Internet channel.
Armenian police cordoned off the base and deployed a heavy contingent
of forces throughout Gyumri, which is the second largest city in
Armenia, a landlocked country that is Russia`s staunchest ally in
the Caucasus region.
http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/hundreds-protest-in-armenia-after-family-slayed_1530269.html
From: A. Papazian