RUSSIA MURDER VICTIM ARMENIAN TEEN: BELIEVED TO BE MISTAKEN ASSASSINATION
16.01.12 | 13:28
Aerial view of Krasnoyarsk
It has been reported that the victim of an apparent botched
assassination in Russia is a teenager of Armenian descent.
Friday, in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, 17-year old Hovhannes Sahakyan was
shot in the back and head, killing the university student. The murder
took place as Sahakyan was opening the door on a vehicle belonging
to an un-named businessman who is believed to have been the intended
victim.
According to news reports Sahakyan had moved to Krasnoyarsk from
Severo-Yeniseyks, to attend university
The killer escaped.
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