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The legal successors of the Avetisyan family slaughtered in Gyumri demand a quick investigation, lawyer Yerem Sargsyan, who represents interests of Anahit and Lusine Avetisyan and Yegor Adamyan, told reporters on Wednesday.

“The legal heirs need more information about the criminal case,” the lawyer noted.

The investigation body provides them with information within the framework of law, but the relatives of the slain family demand more information, he said. 

“They expect quick expert examinations. They demand a quick investigation of the case, and demand to solve the crime,” he stressed.

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.