Investigative Committee: Glock 34 pistol that Georgy Kutoyan allegedly used to commit a suicide, did not have a silencer
22.01.2020,
16:26
The Glock 34 pistol that Georgy Kutoyan, former director of the National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia, allegedly used to commit a suicide, did not have a silencer.
YEREVAN, January 22. /ARKA/. The Glock 34 pistol that Georgy Kutoyan, former director of the National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia, allegedly used to commit a suicide, did not have a silencer.
Naira Harutyunyan, a spokeswoman for the Investigative Committee, told Novosti-Armenia news agency. Georgy Kutoyan was found shot to death in his Yerevan apartment on January 17. The Investigative Committee has launched a criminal investigation under a penal code article on driving a person to suicide.
Artur Melikyan, a high-ranking Investigative Committee official, said Kutoyan, 38, was killed by a gunshot fired at his head. He said investigators also found about 40 bullets in the apartment.
The Investigative Committee said it had evidence that at the end of December 2019, Kutoyan visited alone the apartment, where, after drinking alcohol, he fired 35 random shots from the legally owned Glock 34 pistol into the wall between the living room and the kitchen.
Speaking to reporters last Sunday, Prosecutor General Artur Davtyan said the investigators have collected enough evidence testifying that Kutoyan committed a suicide.
Kutoyan had worked as an assistant to former president Serzh Sargsyan from 2011 until his appointment as director of the NSS in February 2016. He was dismissed by newly elected Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in May 2018 immediately after the “Velvet Revolution” that made Serzh Sargsyan step down. -0-
Naira Harutyunyan, a spokeswoman for the Investigative Committee, told Novosti-Armenia news agency. Georgy Kutoyan was found shot to death in his Yerevan apartment on January 17. The Investigative Committee has launched a criminal investigation under a penal code article on driving a person to suicide.
Artur Melikyan, a high-ranking Investigative Committee official, said Kutoyan, 38, was killed by a gunshot fired at his head. He said investigators also found about 40 bullets in the apartment.
The Investigative Committee said it had evidence that at the end of December 2019, Kutoyan visited alone the apartment, where, after drinking alcohol, he fired 35 random shots from the legally owned Glock 34 pistol into the wall between the living room and the kitchen.
Speaking to reporters last Sunday, Prosecutor General Artur Davtyan said the investigators have collected enough evidence testifying that Kutoyan committed a suicide.
Kutoyan had worked as an assistant to former president Serzh Sargsyan from 2011 until his appointment as director of the NSS in February 2016. He was dismissed by newly elected Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in May 2018 immediately after the “Velvet Revolution” that made Serzh Sargsyan step down. -0-
