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Lawyer Yerem Sargsyan, who represents the interests of the legal successors of the victims in the murder of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri, will travel to Gyumri today to meet with the relatives of the victims, the lawyer told Panorama.am.

“There are several important issues to discuss. Besides, I want to personally examine the murder scene and the nearby area, as well as the possible routes leading to the Russian military base and to Bayandur village,” he said.

Yerem Sargsyan was granted the possibility to carry out these operations as Armenia’s Investigative Committee, which conducts the investigation into the criminal case, approved his petition.

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.