Karen Vardanyan, an expert at the Union of Informed Citizens NGO, blogger and civil activist, was murdered, according to the Armenian Police.
Karen Vardanyan (born in 1982) was wanted by the Police as a missing person. He left the home on March 17 for a weeklong business trip to the United Arab Emirates and did not return. On March 30, the Police initiated a criminal case based on Article 104 (murder) of the Criminal Code of Armenia. On March 31, the Police detained Gevorg Zohrabyan (23), A.Z. (35), G.V. (27), and A.D. (56) on suspicion of the murder. Artur Mihranyan (43) was detained and taken to the Police from Mrgashen, Kotayk region.
It was found out that Artur Mihranyan and Gevorg Zohrabyan beat up Karen Vardanyan to death on March 17 and hid his body in Zohrabyan's garage in Yerevan, the Police reported. Migranyan and Zohrabyan have been detained. Investigation is underway.