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    Focus News, Bulgaria
    Jan 19 2015

    Baby in Armenia family massacre blamed on Russian soldier dies

    19 January 2015 | 18:36 | FOCUS News Agency


    Yerevan. A six-month-old Armenian baby boy, the sole survivor from a
    family of seven apparently gunned down by a deserting Russian soldier,
    died from his injuries Monday, health officials said, as quoted by
    AFP.

    Seryozha Avetisian, the youngest member of the Avetisian family
    massacred in their home last Monday in Gyumri, Armenia's second
    largest city, died at 5 pm, the health ministry said.

    The baby boy had been in a grave condition after being stabbed several
    times after six other members of his family were shot dead at their
    home close to a Russian army base.

    The crime has been blamed on a Russian soldier whose army boots and
    Kalashnikov rifle were found at the scene.

    The suspect, a conscript named Valery Permyakov, has been arrested by
    a Russian military tribunal and is being held at the base after he was
    captured at the Armenian border trying to flee to Turkey.

    Thousands protested last week in Gyumri and capital Yerevan demanding
    that Permyakov be handed over to Armenian justice, with the tragedy
    threatening to become a major thorn in relations between Russia and
    Armenia, its most loyal ally in the Caucasus.

    Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian expressed his condolences to the
    relatives of the Avetisians.

    "We have lost him despite the continuous efforts of Armenian and
    Russian doctors," he said in a statement. "A light went out which was
    the only solace for us after the Gyumri crime."

    "We must continue to live and gain just retribution for the pain and
    the crime that has been committed," he said.

    Anticipating a new wave of public anger after the infant's death,
    Armenia dispatched more police to Gyumri to increase security next to
    the Russian consulate and the Russian army base No. 102 where
    Permyakov is being held, local media reported.

    Sarkisian spoke about the case with Russian President Vladimir Putin
    on Sunday and Putin for the first time expressed his condolences for
    the tragedy.

    "The Russian President expressed his assurance that all the
    investigative procedures will be completed quickly and the
    perpetrators will be punished," the Kremlin said in a statement.


    http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2015/01/19/360628/baby-in-armenia-family-massacre-blamed-on-russian-soldier-dies.html

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