Russian chief investigator to coordinate forensic procedures in Gyum

Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Jan 19 2015

Russian chief investigator to coordinate forensic procedures in Gyumri

19 January 2015 – 8:03pm

Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the Russian Investigative Committee,
has arrived in Yerevan to coordinate the investigation into the Gyumri
murders, his spokesman Vladimir Markin said, RIA Novosti reports.

Valery Permyakov, a soldier of the 102nd Russian military base located
in Gyumri, murdered a family of six in Gyumri on January 12. A
6-month-old baby who had survived the tragedy has died in hospital
today. Permyakov has already admitted his guilt.

The soldier may get a life sentence for mass murder, and deserting
with a weapon.