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    Associated Press Worldstream
    August 4, 2004 Wednesday 5:05 PM Eastern Time

    Armenian ex-lawmaker, alleged crime figure killed

    YEREVAN, Armenia


    A businessman and former lawmaker who police claim was an
    authoritative criminal figure was shot to death along with his son
    and another man, authorities in the former Soviet republic of Armenia
    said Wednesday.

    Eduard Martirosian died late Tuesday after unidentified gunmen fired
    on the SUV he was riding in the northern city of Vanadzor, said the
    country's police chief, Gen. Maj. Ararat Magdesian. He said
    Martirosian's son and another man were also killed, while one other
    man who was in the vehicle was seriously injured.

    Martirosian was a deputy in Armenia's parliament in 1996-1999. He was
    elected in a special vote after the shooting death of the previous
    occupant of the parliament seat, the head of Vanadzor's main bread
    factory.

    After his stint as a lawmaker, Martirosian was a businessman who
    owned shares in a number of enterprises including factories and
    restaurants. Magdesian said that Matrtirosian, who was knwn as
    Chacho, had "a certain authoritiy in the criminal world" and had been
    investigated both as a potential suspect and a potential target of
    criminal activity.
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