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Relatives of the Avetisyan family murdered in Gyumri on January 12 demand that Armenian Prosecutor General Gevorg Kostanyan hold a meeting with them and answer their questions.

They went to Shirak Prosecutor’s Office on Monday demanding to arrange a meeting or a phone conversation with Gevorg Kostanyan. Shirak Prosecutor Raffi Aslanyan received them.

They told reporters that unless their demand is met, they will stage a large protest in Gyumri on Friday.

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.