Murderer of Parakar village head arrested

ArmInfo.The killer of Parakar village head Volodya Grigoryan and criminal police officer Karen Abrahamyan has been arrested. Kima Avdalyan, press secretary of  the Investigative Committee (IC) of Armenia, reported this on social  media.

Parakar community head Volodya Grigoryan was killed on September 23  in the courtyard of his home. As previously reported by the press  service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia, on September  23 at 11:52 PM, police received a report of shots fired on the  Yerevan Highway in the village of Merdzavan in the Armavir Region. A  criminal investigation has been initiated under Part 1 of Article 155  (murder) in two counts, as well as Part 1 of Articles 44-155  (attempted murder) and Part 1 of Article 155 (attempted murder). 335  (illegal trafficking of weapons, their main components, parts,  ammunition, and other materials, devices, and objects). One person  was detained and taken to the pretrial detention center.

On September 28, Avdalyan announced that the case had been solved. A  public criminal prosecution has been initiated against the detained  individual under the article on assisting in murder. the  Investigative Committee stated in a statement.

The individual confessed and indicated the location of the rifle used  in the crime. The investigator also seized the rifle used in the  crime. Volodya Grigoryan was elected as the head of the Parakar  community from the opposition Unity bloc (Country for Life and  Victory parties) in the March 2025 local elections. He received 6,508  votes, securing 57% of the vote.

As a reminder, seven months ago, an armed attack on the home of Mher  Akhtoyan, head of the Merdzavan village administration in the  enlarged Parakar community of Armenia's Armavir region, resulted in  the death of Akhtoyan's cousin, Grigor Ohanyan, and injury to another  person. Volodya Grigoryan's brother, Paykar Grigoryan, was arrested  as a suspect and is currently under house arrest.