Prosecutor general confirms again Giumry murder suspect to be prosecuted in Armenia

Charges against Permyakov will be brought on Thursday. 

According to the police’s report, a family of six, Serezha Avetisyan (born in 1961), Hasmik Avetisyan (born 1959), Aida Avetisyan (1979), Armen Avetisyan (1981), Araksia Poghosyan (1990) and two-year old Hasmik Avetisyan were fatally shot in Giumry on Monday morning. The only who survived is grandchild Serezha Avetisyan who was operated and is currently in intensive care unit at St. Astvatsamayr Medical Center in Yerevan. According to the preliminary information, the suspect is Russian military base conscript Valery Permyakov who was detained when making an attempt to cross the Armenian-Turkish border on January 13 and admitted guilt.

Permyakov will be held liable in the territory of the Republic of Armenia, and everybody in the country will be able to follow the process, including how the punishment is applied, prosecutor general said. 

Kostanyan said all the physical evidence, the gun, the bullets, the shells, the clothes and the rucksack are with the Armenian side, and the evidentiary analysis is carried out in Armenia’s centers and according to the Armenian laws. 

Walkout charges will be brought against Permyakov by the Russian side and the murder charges by the Armenian side. Kostanyan also said Armenia will be carrying out the required law-enforcement procedures independently. The combining of the two cases may be discussed later, he said. 

Today Armenian investigators are carrying out investigatory operations in the territory of the Russian military base, the prosecutor general said. 

Application and service of sentence is a separate issue and will be settled as per the bilateral agreement, Kostanyan said. The place for serving punishment will be a matter of discussion, he said. –0--