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Russian serviceman Valery Permyakov who is charged with murdering a seven-member Armenian family in Gyumri will undergo a forensic psychiatric examination, a source familiar with the situation told Interfax.

“The examination will be conducted at a hospital at the 102nd Russian military base, and is to be completed in about two weeks,” the source said.

“The talks that Permyakov has been found to be suffering from mental disorders are based on rumors only. There are no results of examination yet,” the source added.

The source stressed that the “investigation is being conducted by close cooperation of the law enforcement bodies of the two countries.”

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.