Conflicting facts over Gyumri massacre suspect - hcav.am
While Russian media have published results of a journalistic investigation claiming that Valery Permyakov, the Russian soldier charged with the murder of a seven-member family in Armenia’s Gyumri city, is an oligophrenic patient, multiple logical questions connected with the murder still remain unanswered. Russian sources say Permyakov was not to have been recruited to the army as he is allegedly suffering from ‘oligophrenia’ which is a mental retardation. The latest information spread by Russian state TV companies about four weeks after the brutal killing in Gyumri came as a surprise today. Although Permyakov’s father announced after the the heinous crime that his son does not have any mental problems, today Russian media [in particular, Russian Lifenews TV channel] said before being transferred to Gyumri, Permyakov had been treated in a psychiatric hospital for a month. It is surprising the members of the family were unaware of Permyakov’s health condition. The Russian sources said the Military Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation has instructed to make the unit commander and the commissar accountable for drafting a sick person and sending him for service abroad. Can a person suffering from mental retardation be alone in committing this appalling crime and killing an entire family and then leave silently and quietly, leaving evidence everywhere? In the early morning hours of January 12, six members of the Avetisyan family were shot in their home and their six-month-old infant Seryozha Avetisyan was stabbed; a week later the infant succumbed to his injuries in hospital. The accused, Russian soldier Valery Permyakov, had served at Russian Military Base N 102 in Gyumri. The murder of the seven-member family sparked violent protests in Gyumri and Yerevan, with people demanding that ermyakovbe handed over to Armenian authorities and to stand trial by the Armenian law.
