One arrested for killing Armenian family in Javakhk
Armenia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says one person has been arrested in connection with the murder of an Armenian family in the village of Vachian, located near the town of Akhalkalak, Georgia. “Armenia's Ambassador to Georgia Yuri Vardanyan had telephone conversations with Governor of Samtskhe-Javakheti Akaki Machutadzi and Police Chief Teymuraz Kalandadze and discussed with them the murder of an Armenian family in the village of Vachian. As reported by the Georgian side, an investigation is underway and the suspect has been arrested. The Armenian Embassy is in constant contact with Georgian law enforcement agencies and is closely following the developments. We express our deepest condolences to the relatives and friends of the family”, the MFA said on Monday. Neighbors have discovered the bodies of a 37-year-old mother and her three children in the Armenian village of Vachian. Ofelya Kachotyan and her three children, aged 5, 16 and 18, were the only inhabitants of the house. Mrs. Kachotyan’s husband, according to neighbors, is working in Russia. According to preliminary news reports by Rustavi 2 TV, the family was murdered two day ago. The mother and her two daughters were beaten by a blunt instrument and the boy was strangled.
