Armenia ex-president’s nephew arrested on attempted murder charge (video) July 12, 2018 - 12:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A court in Yerevan on Wednesday, July 11 arrested Hayk Sargsyan, the nephew of former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, for two months on charges of attempted murder, the police said. On April 1, 2007, the Central Police Department received a report that a young man had been hospitalized with a wound in the back area. On the same day, a resident of Yerevan, Arthur Ghevondyan, went to the same police station, handing over a 9mm pistol with six cartridges. He said he had found the gun in the courtyard of 11A Tumanyan Street, along with the person who had been hospitalized. He claimed that he tried to take the pistol from the latter, who was “accidentally wounded” as a result. The department for combating organized crime recently revealed, however, that the hospitalized young man was injured not because of an accidental shot. He was instead shot by 34-year-old resident of Yerevan Hayk Sargsyan. Given the new circumstances, the decision to terminate criminal proceedings issued in 2007 was canceled. A new criminal case was opened on the grounds of a murder attempt. As a result of actions taken by the police, the Prosecutor General's Office and the Investigative Committee, Hayk Sargsyan was detained on July 4 at the Zvartnots international airport and taken to police. After the indictment, he was arrested by a court decision on July 11 and taken to prison. The police also revealed that Ghevondyan, who had provided false information back in 2007, lives in Sochi, Russia. As a result of explanatory work, Ghevondyan went to the police on July 8, then to the investigative agency. 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. |