Paper: Armenian businessman killed in Moscow

Paper: Armenian businessman killed in Moscow
April 18, 2012 - 11:43 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian entrepreneur Tigran Hovhannisyan was found dead at his house in north-western part of Moscow, Russia, Zhamanak paper reports.

According to the Russian law enforcement, Hovhannisyan's neighbors found his body on April 17 at about 8am at the elevator.

The paper reports that the businessman was killed by two gunshots to his chest.

Investigators say the assaulter used a gun silencer. A criminal case is launched on homicide envisaging life imprisonment at most.

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