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Head of Russia's investigative committee arrives in Yerevan to look
into brutal killing of six-member family in Gyumri
YEREVAN, JANUARY 19. / ARKA /. Head of Russia's Investigative
Committee Alexander Bastrykin is expected today in Yerevan to look
together with Armenian law-enforcement bodies into the brutal killing
of a six-member family in the Armenian city of Gyumri by a soldier
form the local Russian military base. Bastrykin was invited to visit
Armenia by his Armenian counterpart Aghvan Hovsepyan.
The Armenian Investigative Committee said the agreement was reached
during a telephone conversation the two men had earlier today. It said
they discussed a set of issues related to the investigation into the
killings.
On Sunday Russian President Vladimir Putin promised a swift
investigation and appropriate punishment for the massacre of the six
members of the single family during a phone conversation with Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan.
Putin was quoted as saying in a statement that the investigation would
be carried out "in the swiftest period of time and the guilty will be
punished in accordance with the law."
Putin also expressed condolences to the relatives of the victims and
told President Sargsyan that Russian doctors who arrived in Armenia
would help treat the 6-month-old boy who was the sole survivor of the
attack last week.
The massacre in the city of Gyumri sparked large protests last week by
Armenians who demanded that Private Valery Permyakov, who confessed to
killing the family, face trial in an Armenian court.-0-
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/head_of_russia_s_investigative_committee_arrives_i n_yerevan_to_look_into_brutal_killing_of_six_membe/#sthash.vqTJLCJu.dpuf
into brutal killing of six-member family in Gyumri
YEREVAN, JANUARY 19. / ARKA /. Head of Russia's Investigative
Committee Alexander Bastrykin is expected today in Yerevan to look
together with Armenian law-enforcement bodies into the brutal killing
of a six-member family in the Armenian city of Gyumri by a soldier
form the local Russian military base. Bastrykin was invited to visit
Armenia by his Armenian counterpart Aghvan Hovsepyan.
The Armenian Investigative Committee said the agreement was reached
during a telephone conversation the two men had earlier today. It said
they discussed a set of issues related to the investigation into the
killings.
On Sunday Russian President Vladimir Putin promised a swift
investigation and appropriate punishment for the massacre of the six
members of the single family during a phone conversation with Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan.
Putin was quoted as saying in a statement that the investigation would
be carried out "in the swiftest period of time and the guilty will be
punished in accordance with the law."
Putin also expressed condolences to the relatives of the victims and
told President Sargsyan that Russian doctors who arrived in Armenia
would help treat the 6-month-old boy who was the sole survivor of the
attack last week.
The massacre in the city of Gyumri sparked large protests last week by
Armenians who demanded that Private Valery Permyakov, who confessed to
killing the family, face trial in an Armenian court.-0-
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/head_of_russia_s_investigative_committee_arrives_i n_yerevan_to_look_into_brutal_killing_of_six_membe/#sthash.vqTJLCJu.dpuf