3 PERSONS KILLED ON VANADZOR-ALAVERDI ROAD AS A RESULT OF FIRING OF CAR
YEREVAN, August 4 (Noyan Tapan). On August 3, at about 16:25, the
“Nissan-Patrol” jeep belonging to Edik Martirosian was fired in the
sector of the first km of the road leading from Vanadzor to
Alaverdi. E.Martirosian, his son and Ruben Khachatrian, his friend,
died on the spot and Ashot Janjughazian, the forth passenger who was
in the car, was taken to hospital. Ararat Mahtesian, the first Depurty
Head of RA Police, said this at the August 4 press conference.
According to him, at present the Police are carrying out complex
operative investigation arrangements directed to revelation of
eye-witnesses, evidences and other proofs. The first Deputy Head of RA
Police told the journalists that the crime was committed with the help
of sub-machine-guns and a pistol. According to preliminary data, 2 or
3 persons attacked the victims. Mahtesian reported that Edik
Martirosian with a “Jojoi Edo” nickname had contacts and some
authority in the criminal world. A.Mahtesian didn’t exclude the
possible connection of this crime with the recent murder of Goga
Arakelian, another Vanadzor “authority”, committed in Yerevan.