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    WAS THE ATTEMPT CONTRACTED?

    A1Plus.am
    30/04/10

    Argishti Kivirian, the founding editor of Armenia Today online news
    service, was violently beaten by unknown assailants outside his Yerevan
    apartment a year ago. It was the second attempt on Kivirian's life
    within a month.

    During the second attack Argishti managed to take the assailant's
    hand who had fired thrice in different directions. The attackers used
    wooden sticks to inflict serious injuries on Kivirian's head and body.

    After the incident Kivirian was rushed to hospital and placed under
    intensive care in the reanimation department of Erebuni Medical Center.

    The Armenian police swiftly announced a criminal investigation into the
    incident. Samvel Parmanyan, ex spokesman of President Serzh Sargsyan,
    announced that the president would personally see to the disclosure of
    attack but to date none of the assailants has been brought to justice.

    Detainees Gurgen Kilikyan and Vladik Poghosyan, suspected in the
    attack, were released shortly after the arrest.

    "If you are more or less acquainted with Armenia's legal system you
    should know that RA Prosecutor General consults on each case with the
    country's head. If the case was really supervised by Serzh Sargsyan,
    then how it happened that the detainees were set free," wonders Mr.
    KIvirian.

    He is convinced that over the last year Armenian law-enforcers were
    busy "slurring over" the case.

    "After the incident the police persuaded my neighbours that they had
    heard other voices instead of gunshots,." says KIvirian

    He motivates his belief by the lost cartridges which disappeared
    from the scene after the attack. Following the attempt, deputy Chief
    of RA Police Hovhannes Tamamyan called on RA citizens to take the
    missing cartridges to the nearest police station. Let us note that Mr.
    Tamamyan comes from Akhalkalak.

    Kivirian is confident that the attempt was ordered by Akhlkalak
    chief of police Samvel Petrosyan whose illegalities he constantly
    covered in Armenia Now. Kivirian learnt that before the attack,
    Gurgen Kilikyan and Vladik Poghosyan had gone to Akhalkalak to meet
    the chief of police.

    Gurgen Kilikyan's father was convicted in Georgia and turned to
    Samvel Petrosyan for help. According to Kivirian, Kilikyan's father
    has recently been released.
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