YEREVAN CANCELS ‘OLD NEW YEAR’ CONCERT OVER GYUMRI FAMILY MASSACRE
NEWS | 13.01.15 | 15:58
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Municipal authorities in Yerevan have cancelled a concert planned
in Republic Square tonight over the tragedy in Gyumri where a large
family was killed in what appeared to be a shooting rampage.
The event was to have marked the so-called Old New Year traditionally
observed in Armenia and other former Soviet republic on January 13.
In a message posted by the municipality website Mayor Taron Margaryan
also offered his condolences to the relatives of the Avetisyans,
the family of six that were found shot dead in their house on Monday
morning.
A soldier of the Russian military base stationed in Gyumri, who
was arrested last night near the border with Turkey, has reportedly
admitted to committing the crime. The motives behind the mass murder
yet remain unclear.