CO-PRESIDENT OF ARMENIAN ROWING FEDERATION KILLED NEAR NUBARASHEN PENITENTIARY

17:48 | March 4,2015 | Social

Co-President of the Armenian Rowing Federation Levon Ghazaryan was
killed by unknown assailants on March 4. He received a gunshot wound
in a skirmish near the Nubarashen Nubarashen penitentiary in Yerevan
on Wednesday and died on the way to a hospital.

The criminals were wearing masks and fled the incident shortly
afterwards.

Levon Ghazaryan was appointed Co-President of the Armenian Rowing
Federation in 2012 after President Hrachya Khudoyan submitted a
resignation due to health problems.

Three people were killed in a shoot-out near the Nubarashen Prison
on Wednesday afternoon. They have been identified as Levon Ghazaryan,
43, Drastamat Tadevosyan, 35, and Mesrop Melikyan.

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