Ex-MP critical of `terrorist act in RA Parliament` section in  Armenian history textbook 

ArmInfo. Former member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Anahit Bakhshyan criticized the provisions of the new textbook on the history of  Armenia concerning the terrorist act committed in the country's  parliament on October 27, 1999.

"The new textbook on the history of Armenia very briefly mentions the  fact of state terrorism on October 27, 1999. The authors did not take  care to present the historical consequences of the massacre in the  Armenian parliament. History, as a science, should give students the  ability and skills to analyze historical events, compare facts, draw  parallels between the state decapitated on October 27, 1999, and  today's reality, so that they, as citizens of the Republic of  Armenia, prevent such attempts in their future workplaces and are  convinced that Armenia is forever," noted Anahit Bakhshyan, whose  husband Yuri Bakhshyan also became a victim of the terrorist attack.  According to Anahit Bakhshyan, the authors of the textbook,  unfortunately, also did not take care to allocate two more lines for  the names and surnames of six other political figures killed that  day. "These people, in my opinion, were not random citizens, which,  in my opinion, sadly characterizes the quality of the Armenian  history textbook," the former MP emphasized.

On October 27, 1999, a group of terrorists stormed the parliament and  shot dead Armenian Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, RA NA Speaker  Karen Demirchyan, Vice Speakers Yuri Bakhshyan and Ruben Miroyan,  Minister of Operational Issues Leonard Petrosyan, and MPs Armenak  Armenakyan, Mikael Kotanyan, and Henrik Abrahamyan. The terrorist  group included former journalist Nairi Hunanyan, who worked for some  time on Armenian television, his brother Karen Hunanyan, their uncle  Vram Galstyan, as well as Derenik Bejanyan and Ashot Knyazyan. Their  trial began on February 15, 2001. On December 2, 2003, the Court of  First Instance of Center-Nork-Marash sentenced the brothers Nairi and  Karen Hunanyan, Edik Grigoryan, Vram Galstyan (he died in prison in  2004, according to the official version, having committed suicide),  Derenik Bejanyan and Ashot Knyazyan to life imprisonment. Hamlet  Stepanyan was sentenced to 14 years in prison (In May 2010, his body  was found in his bed in the Nubarashen Penitentiary). All seven were  found guilty of treason and terrorism. The RA Court of Cassation  upheld the sentence.