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POLICE DID NOT LET GRIGOR GET HOME

Politics

The body of Yerevan citizen Grigor Gevorgyan was found on an archway, at the intersection of Leo and Proshyan streets after the March 1 events. A1+ has been given photos which are so horrifying that cannot be posted on our website. The photos were taken after Gevorgyan's assassination.

One of the ten victims of the March 1 events, 28-year-old Grigor Gevorgyan, lived in Kond street. He was on his way home when he was shot dead.

If the police had allowed Grigor to walk home on that day, he wouldn't have died.

Grigor's wife Varduhy Baghdasaryan says if her husband had a chance to attend the opposition rallies he would seize the opportunity.

“Grigor wasn't engaged in politics. He worked in a gas-filling station. He used to wander near the Opera House to learn the latest news. Grigor strongly believed that something would change in the country.”

In the morning of March 1 Grigor got a telephone call saying that people were being beaten at Liberty Square. “Grigor was still in bed. Suddenly, he jumped up, dressed and went out in a trice. He returned in two hours. He had bought sweets and other things for the children,” tells Varduhy.

At about 5 on March 1 we were watching the latest news. They said people were grouped near the Statue of Miasnikyan and were being beaten by police officers. Grigor got indignant all of a sudden and said that they were telling a lie. Nothing of the kind was taking place. Later on I guessed that he had been near the statue earlier that day.

I begged him to stay at home but he didn’t listen to me. He regularly called me to tell what was going on near the statue. At first, he was encouraged and said people were forcing off the police, they would undoubtedly win. At about 8:30 Grigor was already in a low mood. He said: “The situation was rather tense. The police were throwing bottles on people.” Grigor also said he was near our flat, on Leo. When I said I was going downstairs to meet him, he shouted at me and forbade saying that he had witnessed policemen beating a pregnant woman.

The husbands last talked at 8:55 p.m. “Shots were already heard in the streets. Grigor said he would stay with an acquaintance until the situation calmed down. The police had divided people into two groups. Grigor was on the one side of the bridge and my brother (who was with Grigor on that day) on the other.”

Later on Varduhy’s brother said he had found Grigor dead near Spendarian school.

Varduhy was told that her husband had died between 9.20-9.25.

“Grigor was killed on March 1 but the certificate of death says March 2.” When I inquired why the date was forged an inspector from the special investigation body said Grigor had been found on March 2, therefore they put March 2.”

Varduhy learnt about her husband’s death the following day, on March 2. I rang him up the whole night but there was no answer. After midnight he was out of reach. My brother looked for him the whole night. We even thought Grogor was detained.

The relatives began looking for Grigor in hospitals and police stations. “The police railed at my mother and threw her to the ground. “Have you brought up a son to beat policemen and to suck their blood ? Even if your son were here we wouldn’t let him go away alive !” they said.

When my mother returned home were were watching TV. It was announced that two bodies had been found. I was suddenly paralysed by fear. It immediately occurred to me that one of them was Grigor.

The relatives later identified Grigor's body in the morgue.

Varduhy has attended all rallies of the Pan-National Movement ever since. “Grigor went to rallies once or twice. He simply wanted to get rid of these authorities.”