GYUMRI. – Gyumri Mayor Samvel Balasanyan on Friday received the relatives of the Avetisyan family members, who were brutally killed in the second largest city of Armenia.

Balasanyan informed the Avetisyan family’s relatives that the Gyumri Municipality will cover the entire cost of treatment for Seryozha Avetisyan, the six-month-old baby who survived the aforesaid massacre but sustained serious injuries. He added that a bank account will be opened for this infant on January 19, the Armenian News-NEWS.am reporter informed from the municipality. The account will be opened in the name of Anahit Avetisyan, the sister of Seryozha.

As reported earlier, six members of the Avetisyan family—including a two-year-old girl—were shot dead, and a six-month-old baby boy was wounded in their house in Gyumri on Monday. Valery Permyakov, a serviceman of the 102nd Russian Military Base in the city, stands accused in this crime. Permyakov was apprehended by the Russian border guards near the Armenian-Turkish border, and he was arrested on Wednesday. Valery Permyakov is held in custody at the Russian military base.

The soldier is charged under Russian law, with “the murder of more than two people,” and “desertion with a service weapon.” The Investigative Committee of Armenia also has launched a criminal case on the murders.

The Prosecutor General’s Office had said Permyakov will face justice under Russian law, and this information provoked a wave of protests in Armenia, especially in Gyumri and capital city Yerevan.