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Jan 17 2015
Peaceful Tbilisi rally offers solidarity with Armenia following Gyumri tragedy
A group of Georgians have gathered in front of the Armenian Embassy in
Tbilisi to express their solidarity for their neighbouring nation
after a Russian soldier brutally murdered six members of an Armenian
family in the city of Gyumri earlier this week.
"We are here to show the people of Gyumri and the whole Armenian
nation that we are deeply concerned and we express our solidarity with
them," said Giorgi Chinchaladze, organiser of the peaceful solidarity
rally in Tbilisi.
He also said the Russian soldier who had committed the crime needed to
be punished under Armenian law.
Rally participants carried Georgian and Armenian flags, brought
flowers and lit candles to pay their respects to the victims of the
tragedy.
The tragedy occurred on January 12, 2015, when six members of the
Avetisian family were brutally murdered by a Russian soldier.
The family - two grandparents, their son and daughter, a
daughter-in-law and a two-year-old grandchild - were shot dead in
their home. They have been described by neighbours as quiet and hard
working.
Meanwhile a six-month-old boy remained in critical condition from stab
wounds. He was the only survivor of the tragedy.
Valery Permyakov, a Russian soldier serving at Moscow's 102nd military
base in Gyumri, confessed to the killings after being apprehended by
Russian border guards as he was reportedly attempting to cross into
Turkey. He was taken into custody at the Gyumri base for further
investigation under Russian jurisdiction.
Spontaneous rallies in Armenia's capital Yerevan as well as Gyumri
ensued, demanding that Permyakov be tried and serve his sentence in
Armenia.
http://agenda.ge/news/28218/eng
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Jan 17 2015
Peaceful Tbilisi rally offers solidarity with Armenia following Gyumri tragedy
A group of Georgians have gathered in front of the Armenian Embassy in
Tbilisi to express their solidarity for their neighbouring nation
after a Russian soldier brutally murdered six members of an Armenian
family in the city of Gyumri earlier this week.
"We are here to show the people of Gyumri and the whole Armenian
nation that we are deeply concerned and we express our solidarity with
them," said Giorgi Chinchaladze, organiser of the peaceful solidarity
rally in Tbilisi.
He also said the Russian soldier who had committed the crime needed to
be punished under Armenian law.
Rally participants carried Georgian and Armenian flags, brought
flowers and lit candles to pay their respects to the victims of the
tragedy.
The tragedy occurred on January 12, 2015, when six members of the
Avetisian family were brutally murdered by a Russian soldier.
The family - two grandparents, their son and daughter, a
daughter-in-law and a two-year-old grandchild - were shot dead in
their home. They have been described by neighbours as quiet and hard
working.
Meanwhile a six-month-old boy remained in critical condition from stab
wounds. He was the only survivor of the tragedy.
Valery Permyakov, a Russian soldier serving at Moscow's 102nd military
base in Gyumri, confessed to the killings after being apprehended by
Russian border guards as he was reportedly attempting to cross into
Turkey. He was taken into custody at the Gyumri base for further
investigation under Russian jurisdiction.
Spontaneous rallies in Armenia's capital Yerevan as well as Gyumri
ensued, demanding that Permyakov be tried and serve his sentence in
Armenia.
http://agenda.ge/news/28218/eng
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress