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    Armenian Public TV
    Oct 27 2008


    Armenian chief prosecutor says recent killing in capital "vendetta" - TV



    [Presenter] A vendetta on Komitas Avenue [in Yerevan], this is the
    theory of Prosecutor-General Aghvan Hovsepyan. Unidentified persons
    fired from an automatic firing gun and a pistol at a Niva car
    yesterday in the yard of 48a, Komitas Avenue and killed 43-year-old
    Hrachya Matevosyan and wounded 32-year-old Harutyun B., who was
    transported to the Mikaelyan surgery institute. The prosecutor-general
    of the republic said today that this case is a vendetta.

    [Correspondent speaking over video of the crime scene] The murder
    which took place in Komitas Avenue is the continuation of the murder
    of another leader of the Union of Hunters, Sayat Davtyan, in November
    last year. There is evidence that yesterday's murder was committed out
    of revenge, the prosecutor-general of the republic said today.

    [Aghvan Hovsepyan, speaking to journalists] I regret that we still
    cannot eliminate elements of revenge form the minds of our people,
    this is a trait of not only the Armenian people, many other people
    have it as well as a national trait. An eye for an eye, and a tooth
    for a tooth, you know the law of vendetta.

    [Correspondent] A few grave crimes were committed in the republic in
    the past three days. Four people were killed in Spitak [town in
    northern Lori Region] and a severe injury was inflicted. According to
    Aghvan Hovsepyan, there is evidence, an investigation is under
    way. According to preliminary information, money was the motive for
    the murder.

    [Hovsepyan] According to the latest available information, this
    killing was motivated by financial issues, the so-called settling of
    scores in the criminal world. The case has not been solved so far.

    [Correspondent] There is a need to investigate and assess what
    happened to the newly- elected mayor of Stepanavan [town in Lori
    Region, who was also wounded in a shooting]. The investigation should
    clarify whether the shooting was lawful within the boundaries of
    necessary defence. The prosecutor-general of the republic believes
    that the elimination of the death penalty has somehow contributed to
    the increase in the number of grave crimes.

    [Hovsepyan] Of course, I am not against the elimination of the death
    penalty, I have always backed it and back it today, but this has also
    shaped a specific mentality among people.

    [Correspondent] Aghvan Hovsepyan also spoke about the establishment of
    a fact-finding group to probe the 1 March case [post-election
    disturbances]. His attitude to it is very good. Every prosecutors
    dreams of fact-finding services, the prosecutor-general said.

    [translated]
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