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The application by Armenia’s Prosecutor General requesting to transfer the criminal case on the Gyumri family murder to Armenian law enforcers is under consideration at the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office, the press service of the Armenian Prosecutor General’s Office reports.

Armenian Prosecutor General Gevorg Kostanyan sent the petition to his Russian counterpart Yuri Chaika on February 3, 2015.

In the press release, the Armenian Prosecutor General’s Office also presented a copy of the response to the inquiry addressed to the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office. 

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.