INVESTIGATORS NOT COMMENTING ON STATEMENT ISSUED BY SYUNIK ADMINISTRATION

June 06, 2013 | 12:02

YEREVAN. – Investigators are not commenting on the statement issued
on Wednesday by administration of Syunik Region.

The statement presented a detailed retelling of the video obtained from
cameras installed in the yard of Syunik governor Suren Khachatryan’s
house.

Asked to comment on the statement, senior officer of investigative
service Mary Sargsyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am that they are holding
an investigation to study all facts in the case.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, shots were fired nearby
Syunik Regional Governor Suren Khachatryan’s home, on June 2 at around
12:10am, as a result of which one person was killed and two others
sustained gunshot wounds and were taken to Goris city hospital. The
person who died was Avo Budaghyan, the former Goris mayoral candidate.

The wounded are Budaghyan’s brother Artak, and Nikolay Abrahamyan,
a relative and bodyguard of Khachatryan. Subsequently, the wounded
were transferred to capital city Yerevan.

A criminal case is launched on charges of murder and illegal carrying,
possession, and use of arms and ammunition, and the Military
Prosecutor’s Office is conducting the investigation.

Two people are arrested in connection with this incident. One of
them is the Syunik regional governor’s son, Tigran Khachatryan, 19,
and the other is the governor’s bodyguard, Zarzand Nikoghosyan.

Following this incident, Suren Khachatryan released a statement
informing that he is temporarily resigning from his office as Syunik
Regional Governor until the investigation is completed. But there is
no such provision in the law.

On Thursday Suren Khachatryan was relieved of his duties as governor
of Armenia’s Syunik Region.

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress