Wednesday, April 29 2020 16:14

ArmInfo. The Investigative Committee of Armenia reports that five people were detained in connection with the skirmish in Gavar.

According to the press service of the IC, the Committee initiated  criminal proceedings on the fact of the killing of two people,  injuring and causing bodily harm to four citizens, as well as  skirmish  in the city of Gavar. These cases are combined in one  proceeding.

According to the source, on April 28, around 5:00pm in Gavar, people  suspected of committing a crime, threatening the lives of other  citizens, opened fire in the direction of residents of the Noratus  community - Vahe Avetisyan, Hrachya Harutyunyan, Armen Sargsyan,  Artyom Petrosyan and Sasun Meloyan, and residents of Gavar- Zohrab  Paronikyan, Armen Aytyan and Vardan Davoyan. As a result of the  shootout, investigator Zohrab Paronikyan and his son-in-law Vahe  Avetisyan died, their injuries were incompatible with life, and the  rest were taken to Gavar medical center.  In fact, criminal cases  were opened in the Investigative Committee of Armenia under Articles  104 (Murder - Ed.  note) and 235 (Illegal acquisition, sale, storage,  transportation, or carrying of weapons, ammunition, explosives or  explosive devices - Ed. note) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of   Armenia.  However, this incident continued. On the same day, the  Gavar police received a signal that a group of people attacked the  Gavar medical center, broke furniture and glass, and also attacked  David Aytyan, wounding him with a sharp-cutting object, as a result  of which the latter fell into a hematical shock.

As it turned out, the relatives of the victims Z. Paronikyan and V.  Avetisyan considered that the murder was carried out by A. Aytyan,  who is in the hospital, D. Aytyan and V. Davoyan. Relatives of the  victims decided to kill them by vendetta, however, police officers  prevented the relatives of the victims from carrying out another  murder. In the course of the incident, police officers guarding the  hospital entrances were also injured. Criminal proceedings have been  instituted in the IC under Articles 34-104 (Attempted murder - Ed.),  185 (Intentional destruction or damage to property - Ed.), and 225  (Mass riots - Ed.) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia.   The preliminary investigation is ongoing, expert examinations have  been appointed, 5 people have been detained on suspicion of rioting.  All necessary investigative procedures are carried out to identify  all the circumstances of the case .-