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Representatives of Russia’s Prosecutor’s Office could act as a prosecution in the case of the murder of the Avetisyan family in the Armenian city of Gyumri, Russian Chief Military Prosecutor Sergei Fredinsky has said, according to RIA Novosti.

“I think so,” Fredinsky told reporters. Meanwhile, he added that this issue has not been discussed yet.

Russia’s Military Prosecutor’s Office is prepared to get involved in the process, according to him.

Six members of one family, including a two-year-old child, were shot dead in their house in Gyumri on January 12. A six-month-old baby was hospitalized with stab wounds. He died in hospital on January 12. Valery Permyakov, a serviceman of the 102nd Russian military base stationed in Gyumri, the main suspect in the murder, was detained by Russian border guards while attempting to cross the Armenian-Turkish border near Yerazgavors village in Armenia’s Shirak province. Permyakov is held in custody at the Russian military base. He was questioned and confessed to the crime. Permyakov is charged under Article 105.2 and 338.2 of the Russian Criminal Code (murder and desertion). Also, Armenian Investigative Committee brought a charge against Permyakov under Article 104 part 2 point 1 (murder of two or more persons) of the Armenian Criminal Code.