ARMENIA ARRESTS 2 MEN SUSPECTED IN SHOOTING ATTACK ON PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FEBRUARY 8, 2013 6:03 AM
YEREVAN, Armenia – Armenia’s National Security Agency says it has
arrested two suspects in the shooting of a presidential candidate.
Paruir Airikian, one of eight candidates in the Feb. 18 election,
was shot and wounded by an unidentified assailant near his home in
the Armenian capital a week ago.
The agency says the suspects arrested Thursday confessed to
participating in the attack. It said in a statement Friday that
investigators are still looking into motives behind the shooting,
but gave no further details.
The attack on Airikian has thrown the election campaign into disarray,
raising a possibility that the vote could be postponed.
Airikian initially said he would seek a 15-day delay of the election,
but then announced he would not contest the date of the vote.
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