Permyakov is at Russian military base - says MP
Valery Permyakov, the Russian soldier accused of murdering a family in Armenia’s Gyumri city, is kept at the Russian military base in Gyumri, Martun Grigoryan, an MP of the Armenian parliament from Gyumri, told the angry crowd of protesters in Gyumri late on Thursday. He assured them that he had visited the Russian military base with a small group of people and seen Permyakov with his own eyes. He urged the angered people to calm down and go home. However, the crowd did not hurry to leave the area demanding that Armenian Prosecutor General talk to his Russian counterpart and demand that Permyakov be handed over to Armenian investigators. Valery Permyakov, 19, was detained by Russian border guards on Monday after alleging killing six members of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri and wounding a six-month-old infant on the same day. Seryozha Avetisyan, his wife Hasmik, daughter Aida, son Armen, daughter-in-law Araksya, and two-year-old granddaughter Hasmik, were found killed, when a relative-neighbor came to the house for morning coffee. The six-month-old infant, the only survivor of the brutal murder, was hospitalized with severe stab wounds in his chest. Permyakov reportedly confessed to the mass murder. He is now kept under arrest at the Russian military base in Gyumri and has been charged with murder and desertion. The protesters demand that demand that the Permyakov be handed over to Armenian law-enforcement authorities.
