ITAR-TASS, Russia
Aug 26 2007

Prosecutor killed in Armenia region

26.08.2007, 01.37

YEREVAN, August 26 (Itar-Tass) — A prosecutor of the Armenian
region of Lori was killed overnight to Saturday at the regional
center Vanadzor (former Kirovakan) in northern Armenia. State
Councilor Albert Kazaryan was coming home from work, when at about
00.20 local time (23.20 Moscow time) an unidentified gangster fired
four shots at him, press-secretary of the Armenian Proseuctor General
Sona Truzyan said.

The 56-year-old lawyer died in the hospital without regaining
consciousness. He got three penetrating wounds and one blunt wound in
the back, shoulders and the loins. Four shells from a Makarov pistol
were found at the murder site, the press secretary emphasized.

A group of investigators headed by acting Prosecutor General
Mnatsakan Sarkisyan went to Vanadzor. The murder site and the body of
the killed prosecutor were examined, forensic, ballistic and trace
evidence expertises will be held.

The investigation department of the Prosecutor General’s Office
instituted criminal proceedings. A group of investigators was formed,
including experienced officials of the Prosecutor General’s Office,
police and the national Security Service. All necessary measures are
being taken to investigate the details of the murder and find the
killers.

Kazaryan graduated from the law department of the Yerevan State
University in 1974. He worked in the Armenian prosecutor’s office and
as a prosecutor in various regions fo the republic. He was appointed
as prosecutor of the Lori region in March 2006.