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RUSSIAN SOLDIER CONFESSES TO MASSACRING ENTIRE ARMENIAN FAMILY
The Moscow Times, Russia
Jan 13 2015
An 18-year-old Russian soldier suspected of waging a deadly attack
against an Armenian family, killing every member except a 6-month-old
baby, has reportedly confessed to the crime after being detained near
the Turkish border.
"[Valery] Permyakov, the suspect in the killing of six members of the
Avetisyan family in Gyumri, confessed his guilt. He said that he left
his military base to take a walk through the city and accidentally
wound up in the Avetisyans' home," Unan Pogosyan, deputy head of the
local police department, said in comments carried by state news agency
RIA Novosti on Tuesday.
It remains unclear what motivated the killings, but Permyakov said
he entered the family's home because he wanted something to drink,
the report said.
Permyakov is suspected of killing six members of the family, which
lived near a Russian military base in the Armenian city of Gyumri,
including a 2-year-old child. The 6-month-old baby, who miraculously
survived the attack, remains in critical condition in a nearby
hospital.
The Kommersant newspaper reported that Permyakov first shot and killed
the 53-year-old father before shooting the remaining family members
while they slept. He reportedly stabbed the 2-year-old with a bayonet.
The incident seems to have caused some alarm among top officials in
the Defense Ministry, which is setting up a commission to investigate
the case that will be headed by Deputy Defense Minister Arkady Bakhin,
state news agency TASS reported.
The Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper reported that Permyakov previously
suffered from an undisclosed mental illness, though acquaintances
of the suspect who were interviewed by Armenian media expressed
shock at the heinous crime and said the young soldier could not have
committed it.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russian-soldier-confesses-to-massacring-entire-armenian-family/514287.html
The Moscow Times, Russia
Jan 13 2015
An 18-year-old Russian soldier suspected of waging a deadly attack
against an Armenian family, killing every member except a 6-month-old
baby, has reportedly confessed to the crime after being detained near
the Turkish border.
"[Valery] Permyakov, the suspect in the killing of six members of the
Avetisyan family in Gyumri, confessed his guilt. He said that he left
his military base to take a walk through the city and accidentally
wound up in the Avetisyans' home," Unan Pogosyan, deputy head of the
local police department, said in comments carried by state news agency
RIA Novosti on Tuesday.
It remains unclear what motivated the killings, but Permyakov said
he entered the family's home because he wanted something to drink,
the report said.
Permyakov is suspected of killing six members of the family, which
lived near a Russian military base in the Armenian city of Gyumri,
including a 2-year-old child. The 6-month-old baby, who miraculously
survived the attack, remains in critical condition in a nearby
hospital.
The Kommersant newspaper reported that Permyakov first shot and killed
the 53-year-old father before shooting the remaining family members
while they slept. He reportedly stabbed the 2-year-old with a bayonet.
The incident seems to have caused some alarm among top officials in
the Defense Ministry, which is setting up a commission to investigate
the case that will be headed by Deputy Defense Minister Arkady Bakhin,
state news agency TASS reported.
The Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper reported that Permyakov previously
suffered from an undisclosed mental illness, though acquaintances
of the suspect who were interviewed by Armenian media expressed
shock at the heinous crime and said the young soldier could not have
committed it.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russian-soldier-confesses-to-massacring-entire-armenian-family/514287.html