Ex-candidate Sedrakyan’s detention term won’t be extended

PanARMENIAN.Net - The detention terms of the two Armenian citizens suspected in former presidential candidate Paruyr Hayrikyan’s shooting have been extended for two more months, spokesman of the National Security Service Artsvin Baghramyan said.

On February 7, National Security Service arrested 2 suspects in assassination attempt on a candidate in Armenia's presidential elections Paruyr Hayrikyan. One of the suspects, Khachatur Poghosyan, 47, was earlier sentenced to prison term over illegal trafficking.

Poghosyan and Samvel Harutyunyan, 41, confessed to murder attempt, with their motifs being investigated.

In conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, Baghramyan denied media reports suggesting former presidential candidate Vardan Sedrakyan’s arrest term was extended for two more months.

“Sedrakyan was arrested on March 5, and his detention has not expired yet,” Mr Baghramyan said.

It’s noteworthy that Vardan Sedrakyan was charged with ordering an assassination attempt on Hayrikyan.