Wednesday, January 9 2019 20:23

ArmInfo. Suspected of hooliganism and murder in Karaganda on the night of January 1, Armenian citizen Narek Gururyan was detained. This was announced by the Director of  the Department of Internal and External Communications of the  Ministry of Internal Affairs Almas Sadubaev, reports Tengrinews.kz.

"Today, members of the criminal police of the Ministry of Internal  Affairs of Kazakhstan, in cooperation with the law enforcement  agencies of Russia, detained a citizen of the Republic of Armenia  Narek Gururyan, suspected of committing hooligan actions and murder  in Karaganda on the night of January 1 of this year," Sadubaev said.  According to him, the issue of his extradition to Kazakhstan is  currently being resolved.

Narek Gururyan born in 1997 was put on the international wanted list  on January 3. His photograph was spread by law enforcement agencies.  The Interior Ministry said that Gururian crossed the border with  Russia on January 1 after 10:00pm. To recall, on the night of January  1 in the restaurant "Ancient Rome" in the city of Karaganda there was  a fight. As a result of the incident, a 23-year-old resident was  killed, three more were injured. The deadly brawl in Kazakhstan has  become a fertile ground for inciting ethnic hatred and the spread of  misinformation. Three Armenians were involved in it. According to the  latest data, 7 people were detained on the fact of fighting and  murder, five of them were arrested. One participant of the fight -  Narek Gurguryan - ran away and is on the international wanted list.  On suspicion of committing hooliganism and killing a 23-year-old man  in Karaganda, eight people were detained and arrested, in addition to  Gururyan. The investigation was taken under special control by the  prosecutor of the region.

Earlier, a video message by Narek Grigoryan appeared in social  networks, which expressed condolences to the relatives of the  deceased, stated that he had not killed anyone and asked the  authorities of Kazakhstan to provide him with adequate protection.  The director of the department of internal and external  communications of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Almas Sadubaev  commented on the statement. "The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the  Republic of Kazakhstan guarantees an objective, comprehensive  investigation of the case and recommends citizen Gururyan to  voluntarily surrender to police officers in order to avoid  aggravating circumstances," he said, reports Tengrinews.kz.