Paper says former police chief’s son suspected in homicide case in GyumriApril 13, 2012 - 13:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 27-year-old Karen Yesayan was shot near Mother Armenia memorial complex in Armenia’s northern city of Gyumri on April 12 night. Yesayan was the fiancé of Anna, the daughter of Armenian northern Gyumri city mayor Vardan Ghukasyan. According to Aravot paper, son of Ani district former police chief Samvel Sargsyan is the suspect assaulter. Friends of Yesayan’s family say the homicide came as a result of jealousy: former police chief’s son was also in love with the mayor’s daughter, and picked a mean way to take his revenge. Aravot tried to confirm this information with Shirak province prosecutor’s office. The response came saying that preliminary investigation is underway, and the motives have yet to be disclosed; Shirak province prosecutor had been working all night long in the police office. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |