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RUSSIAN EMBASSY SENDS CONDOLENCES OVER DEATH OF SIX-MONTH-OLD BABY IN WAKE OF GYUMRI TRAGEDY
Interfax, Russia
Jan 20 2015
YEREVAN. Jan 20
The Russian Embassy in Armenia has extended its condolences over
the death of a six-month-old baby who was the sole survivor of a gun
attack that killed six members of one family in the city of Gyumri,
northern Armenia, on January 12.
A serviceman of Russia's military base in Armenia is suspected of
the crime.
"We are mourning together with the entire Armenian nation. Up to the
last minute, all of us hoped and prayed for Seryozha Avetisyan.
Armenian and Russian doctors had been battling to save his life. The
loss of a child is a terrible tragedy. There are no words that can
ease this pain. But people ought to remain humane even in these
conditions. Most of them understand everything. Mourning means a
sorrow and prayers," the embassy said in a statement.
"All of us should learn a lesson from this tragedy and do everything
in our power to make sure than it never happens again. We can assure
you that the criminal and those who could stand behind him will be
punished with the utmost vigor of the law," it said.
According to earlier reports, a family of six, including a two-year
old child, were murdered in Gyumri, northern Armenia, on January 12.
The only survivor, six-months-old Sergei Avetisyan, was hospitalized
with a stab wound. He died on January 19.
Valery Permyakov, a serviceman from Russia's 102nd military base,
who is deployed in Gyumri, was detained shortly after the attack. He
is now on the territory of the military base. Criminal charges were
brought against him on January 14 based on the Russian and Armenian
Criminal Codes.
On January 15, protests broke out in Gyumri. Their participants
demanded that Permyakov be handed over to the Armenian justice system.
Fourteen people, including five policemen, were hospitalized after
clashes between the demonstrators and police.
On January 18, Russian President Vladimir Putin called his Armenian
counterpart Serzh Sargsyan to again extend his condolences to the
victims' relatives and all people of Armenia in regard of the tragedy
in Gyumri.
From: Baghdasarian
Interfax, Russia
Jan 20 2015
YEREVAN. Jan 20
The Russian Embassy in Armenia has extended its condolences over
the death of a six-month-old baby who was the sole survivor of a gun
attack that killed six members of one family in the city of Gyumri,
northern Armenia, on January 12.
A serviceman of Russia's military base in Armenia is suspected of
the crime.
"We are mourning together with the entire Armenian nation. Up to the
last minute, all of us hoped and prayed for Seryozha Avetisyan.
Armenian and Russian doctors had been battling to save his life. The
loss of a child is a terrible tragedy. There are no words that can
ease this pain. But people ought to remain humane even in these
conditions. Most of them understand everything. Mourning means a
sorrow and prayers," the embassy said in a statement.
"All of us should learn a lesson from this tragedy and do everything
in our power to make sure than it never happens again. We can assure
you that the criminal and those who could stand behind him will be
punished with the utmost vigor of the law," it said.
According to earlier reports, a family of six, including a two-year
old child, were murdered in Gyumri, northern Armenia, on January 12.
The only survivor, six-months-old Sergei Avetisyan, was hospitalized
with a stab wound. He died on January 19.
Valery Permyakov, a serviceman from Russia's 102nd military base,
who is deployed in Gyumri, was detained shortly after the attack. He
is now on the territory of the military base. Criminal charges were
brought against him on January 14 based on the Russian and Armenian
Criminal Codes.
On January 15, protests broke out in Gyumri. Their participants
demanded that Permyakov be handed over to the Armenian justice system.
Fourteen people, including five policemen, were hospitalized after
clashes between the demonstrators and police.
On January 18, Russian President Vladimir Putin called his Armenian
counterpart Serzh Sargsyan to again extend his condolences to the
victims' relatives and all people of Armenia in regard of the tragedy
in Gyumri.
From: Baghdasarian