Verelq: Karo Karapetyan alias “Yuvetsi Karo” was killed in Yerevan

Karo Karapetyan, nicknamed “Yuvetsi Karo”, was killed in Yerevan due to the gunshot wounds he received from the former deputy of the National Assembly, member of the “Prosperous Armenia” party.

As SHAMSHYAN.com reports, on the night of October 6, a citizen was taken to the “Erebuni” medical center in a dead state with gunshot wounds. The operative group of the Erebuni police department headed by the head of the department Vardan Vardanyan arrived at the hospital.

It is noted that the deceased is Karo Karapetyan, a former deputy of the National Assembly, member of the “Prosperous Armenia” party, nicknamed “Yuvetsi Karo”.

The police and investigators found out that Karapetyan was taken to the hospital from “Aigi” bakery located on Armenakyan street of Nork-Marash administrative district. A criminal case has already been initiated under several articles of the RA Criminal Code.

It is also noted that one more person with gunshot wounds was transferred to Yerevan “St. Grigor Lusavorich” medical center. Police and investigators found firearms, shot shells and traces of blood in one of the private rooms of the said bakery.

Who was Karo Karapetyan?

Karo Karapetyan, whose family, according to press data, owns the Shahumyan wine factory, was elected a member of the National Assembly in 2007 and served two terms in that capacity. 2012 He was also elected deputy on the proportional list of PAP.

He was one of the “silent” deputies who dutifully did not participate in the NA sessions. He was absent from the sessions of the 5th convocation 66 times. Before he became a deputy, his father was a deputy in the National Assembly.

Karo Karapetyan’s relatives and himself have repeatedly appeared in the center of scandalous events. Back in 2009, on the Yeraskh-Yerevan highway, he got into an argument in his car with Artur Zadoyan, a resident of Dvin village, during which Zadoyan hit Karapetyan on the head with an iron rod, who then shot Artur Zadoyan 5 times with a gun attached to him.

Two of the bullets hit Zadoyan’s right shoulder and right leg. Note that Karo Karapetyan stated that Artur Zadoyan ambushed him and wanted to take revenge in order not to pay the 57 thousand dollars owed to him. The investigation of the case was remarkable in the sense that Karo Karapetyan was neither accused nor victimized in this case. And later, the proceedings of the case were suspended.

The MP’s son also appeared in the scandalous story. Vardan Karapetyan: The latter, driving a “Bentley Continental 6.0” car with license plate number 88 RR 888, another Toyota Prado car with license plate number 33 LD 840, violating the traffic rules, accompanied each other. This is only a small part of the stories related to the MP and his relatives.

Her son-in-law was also at the epicenter of the scandal

In 2014, her son-in-law also appeared in a scandalous story Gor Arakelyan, with the participation of which an argument took place in the center of Yerevan, which escalated into shootings.

According to the version, Arakelyan asked a certain Valery Hovhannisyan and Norayr Harutyunyan for a way, but the latter did not give them a way. After that, Gor Arakelyan got out of the car and started arguing with them. After that, Karo Karapetyan fired shots, because of which not only the disputing party was injured, but also bystanders. Scream

Arakelyan was arrested and sentenced to 6.5 years in prison. For the act, Gor Arakelyan was charged with attempted murder, which was later reclassified with a milder charge. And the other side of the dispute, Nerses Melkonyan and Valerik Hovhannisyan, was charged with hooliganism.

But in 2017 In May, it became known that the RA President Serzh Sargsyan granted pardon to Gor Arakelyan, the son-in-law of Yuvetsi Karo, ex-MP Karo Karapetyan.

Months after his release, on January 27, 2018, Gor Arakelyan’s body was found in Yerevan hotel complexes. Advisor to the President of the Investigative Committee Sona Truzyan reported that according to the conclusion of the forensic medical examination of the body, the cause of death of 33-year-old Gor Arakelyan was an acute blood circulation disorder in the brain, an ischemic stroke of the paraventricular regions of the hemispheres. Acute disturbance of the vital functions of the brain.