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A meeting with the legal successors of the Avetisyan family murdered by Russian soldier Valery Permyakov in Gyumri in January took place at Armenian Investigative Committee’s Main Department for Cases of Particular Importance, the press service of the Investigative Committee reports.

The deputy chairman of Investigative Committee and investigators gave information concerning the investigation of criminal case, provided explanations about issues of interest to the legal successors, and familiarized them with some materials and conclusions.

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.