The Armenian parliament honored the memory of those killed in the terrorist attack on October 27, 1999

ArmInfo. Today, the session of the Armenian Parliament began with a minute of silence in memory of those killed in the terrorist attack committed on October 27, 1999, in the National Assembly.

"Exactly 27 years ago on this day, the then Speaker of the Parliament, Vice Speakers, the Prime Minister, a member of the government, and members of parliament were killed in a terrorist attack in this hall. I propose a minute of silence in memory of those killed in the terrorist attack," said NA Speaker Ruben Rubinyan.

It should be noted that on October 27, 1999, an armed group of five people, led by former journalist Nairi Hunanyan, stormed the session hall of the National Assembly of Armenia and opened fire, killing eight people, including the Prime Minister and the Speaker of the Parliament. As a result of the attack, prominent government and political figures were killed: Karen Demirchyan, Chairman of the National Assembly, Vazgen Sargsyan, Prime Minister, Yuri Bakhshyan, Vice Speaker of Parliament, Ruben Miroyan, Vice Speaker of Parliament, Leonard Petrosyan, Minister of Operational Issues, Armenak Armenakyan, Member of Parliament, Mikhail Kotanyan, Member of Parliament, and Henrik Abrahamyan, Member of Parliament. The trial ended in December 2003. Six defendants were sentenced to life imprisonment, and one (Hamlet Stepanyan) to 14 years in prison.

In December 2019, the resumption of the investigation was announced.

Almost seven years later, on October 27, 2026, the RA Prosecutor General's Office reported that over a dozen interrogations and additional interrogations had been conducted as part of the investigation into the case, and requests for information had been submitted. During this time, the supervisory agency also sent three instructions to the operational body to conduct investigative measures. By decision of the prosecutor, several classified documents were seized and examined, and confidential investigative actions are being conducted.