Haykakan Zhamanak: Spartak Ghukasyan given opportunity to flee?
Spartak Ghukasyan, the son of Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan, has fled abroad, said Karen Babakekhyan, chief of Shirak region’s police, according to Haykakan Zhamanak.
The paper reminds that Spartak Ghukasyan is suspected of involvement in a recent crossfire incident in Gyumri. The incident took place early in the August 25 morning, while police “learned” of it on August 28, after Haykakan Zhamanak reported about the incident.
Thus Spartak Ghukasyan had 3-4 days to leave the country without haste. It’s hard to believe that police were not aware of the incident in the second-largest city in the country. It’s more likely that they knew it but “gave him time” to flee, to launch active operations for “investigating the case” only after he had fled.