Nikol Pashinyan: There should be new circumstances to reopen October  27 case

ArmInfo.According to the legislation of Armenia, for the resumption of previously initiated criminal cases new circumstances should appear. On October 27, the  Acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said this in an  interview with journalists, answering the question of whether the  case on the events of October 27, 1999 would be reopened.

According to Pashinyan, the successors of the victims of this  terrorist attack can tell more because they are familiar with the  case materials. The Acting Prime Minister noted that in his time,  being a journalist, he knew some details of the case, but at the  moment, the successors of the victims  are the ones who have  something to say.

On the question of whether external or internal forces are behind the  terrorist attack on October 27, he noted: "In my current status, I  think it will be wrong to make some comments."

To note,the Armenian parliament shooting, commonly  known in Armenia  as October 27 was a terrorist attack on the Armenian  National  Assembly in the capital Yerevan on October 27, 1999, by a  group of  five armed men led by Nairi Hunanyan that, among others,  killed the  two de facto decision-makers in the country's political  leadership -  Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan and Parliament Speaker  Karen  Demirchyan. Sargsyan and Demirchyan were posthumously honored  with  National Hero of Armenia titles. The murderers also shot dead Yuri  Bakhshyan, Deputy National Assembly Speaker, Ruben Miroyan,  Deputy  National Assembly Speaker, Leonard Petrosyan, Minister of  Urgent  Affairs, MPs Henrik Abrahamyan, Armenak Armenakyan, Mikayel   Kotanyan.  

The five men were charged with terrorism aimed at undermining   authority on 29 October. The five main perpetrators of the shooting   (Nairi Hunanyan, his younger brother Karen Hunanyan, their uncle Vram   Galstyan, Derenik Ejanyan and Eduard Grigoryan) were sentenced to   life in prison on December 2, 2003.   

Today, Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, members of the  government, members of parliament will pay a tribute to the memory of  those killed in the attack near the obelisk installed in the garden  of the National Assembly.