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Environmental activist and journalist Tehmine Yenokyan has alerted about murder attempts against her and her mother.

She said unknown assailants fired a shot at her home on 29 June, damaging the window of the living room. The bullet penetrated the house.

“I called the police, officers of the Nor Nork police department visited our apartment and took the shell with them. The crimes committed against me and my family do not end there because the law enforcement agencies failed to take effective measures,” she wrote on Facebook.

“On 12 July, at around 12:50am, a second gunshot was fired at my living room window, as a result of which the window glass was broken again, and the fired shell entered our living room, damaging the ceiling and the wall. I immediately called the police again,” the activist said.

She added that the front door of her house was set on fire earlier in March.

“Police describe all these actions as property damage, not crimes against my life. I believe these crimes are part of a single chain targeted at me and my family and committed at the same location. Two consecutive shots at my living room can’t be a coincidence,” Yenokyan said.

“In both cases, at the time of the shooting, my mother and I were in our apartment, and those shots could have caused our death; the fact that we survived was merely a matter of luck. In other words, assassination attempts continue to be made against me and my mother.

“The competent agency must launch a probe into a crime against life and health, not just property damage.

“On the occasion of the incident, we have appealed to Armenia’s chief prosecutor and police chief with the request to conduct a proper legal assessment and effective investigation,” she noted.

The police have told Panorama.am an investigation is underway.