MAN WOUNDED IN SHOOTING NEAR GOVERNOR’S HOUSE UNDERGOES SECOND SURGERY
June 10, 2013 | 12:06
YEREVAN. – A man wounded in a shooting near the house of former Syunik
Governor underwent the second surgery.
Head of military hospital Aram Asaturyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am
that commander of N military unit Artak Budaghyan underwent the
second surgery.
Doctor hopes this would be the last surgery, although everything
depends on recovery process. Budaghyan will remain in intensive care
ward for 3-4 days.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, shots were fired nearby
Suren Khachatryan’s home in Goris city, 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 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.
Pursuant to his petition, Suren Khachatryan was relieved of his duties
as Governor of Syunik Region last Thursday.
Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am
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