ArmInfo. Some shells discovered after the attempt on former mayor of Gyumri Vardan Ghukasyan and the attack on the private house of former head of the Court of Cassation Arman Mkrtumyan were done from the same automatic rifle. The portal HETQ.am with reference to its sources in law enforcement circles reported this.
In the case of the attack on Mkrtumyan's house on August 28, 2018, Gagik Danoyan, Mayis Mkrtchyan and Hovhannes Ryzhenko are accused of illegal possession of weapons and attempted murder. The case is still pending before the trial court.
The attempt on Gukasyan was committed on April 2, 2007.
To recall, on that fateful day, unknown assailants fired on a Ghukasyan official car of the Mercedes brand, as well as the GAZ-3110 car accompanying him. As a result, three out of five GAZ-3110 passengers died on the spot. Ghukasyan, his deputy and driver were injured of varying severity, and were operated on. Almost a year later, in 2008, the criminal case was closed due to the fact that the person involved in the crime was not identified.
HETQ.am sources claim that the automatic rifle, the shells of which coincided with some of the cartridges found at the scene of this crime, was held by Gagik Danoyan in the hands of Mkrtumyan during the attack on the house. The latter testified that the automatic rifle was handed over to him by former MP from the Prosperous Armenia party Harutyun Karagyozyan (known as Caramel Harut). Karagyozyan committed suicide on October 7 last year after he committed the murder of former PAP deputy Karo Karapetyan (known as Juventsi Karo).
At a request to HETQ.am, the Prosecutor General's Office confirmed that the shells found after the attack on the judge's house coincided with some cartridges found during the preliminary investigation in another criminal case. Meanwhile, the department did not specify what kind of criminal case they were talking about. It was also confirmed that the criminal proceedings in the case of the attempt on Ghukasyan were again started by the decision of December 7, 2018, but on August 8 of the current year it was discontinued due to the fact that the person involved in the crime was not identified. Ghukasyan himself notes that he never maintained any relationship with Harutyun Karagyozyan.