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  • Yerevan Cancels 'Old New Year' Concert Over Gyumri Family Massacre

    YEREVAN CANCELS 'OLD NEW YEAR' CONCERT OVER GYUMRI FAMILY MASSACRE

    NEWS | 13.01.15 | 15:58
    http://armenianow.com/news/59756/armenia_yerevan_old_new_year_celebration_gyumri_ma ssacre

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    Municipal authorities in Yerevan have cancelled a concert planned
    in Republic Square tonight over the tragedy in Gyumri where a large
    family was killed in what appeared to be a shooting rampage.

    The event was to have marked the so-called Old New Year traditionally
    observed in Armenia and other former Soviet republic on January 13.

    In a message posted by the municipality website Mayor Taron Margaryan
    also offered his condolences to the relatives of the Avetisyans,
    the family of six that were found shot dead in their house on Monday
    morning.

    A soldier of the Russian military base stationed in Gyumri, who
    was arrested last night near the border with Turkey, has reportedly
    admitted to committing the crime. The motives behind the mass murder
    yet remain unclear.

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