YEREVAN. – The Armenian National Assembly (NA) hearings, and devoted to the tragic events that recently occurred in Gyumri city, will be held on Thursday; and Prosecutor General Gevorg Kostanyan will be the main speaker, Armenian News-NEWS.am has learned from the NA press service.

These hearings were originally slated for Tuesday, but they were pushed back due to the death of little Seryozha Avetisyan, the lone survivor of the Gyumri tragedy.

As reported earlier, six members of the Avetisyan family—including a two-year-old girl—were shot dead, and a six-month-old baby—Seryozha Avetisyan—was wounded in their house in Gyumri on January 12. But the baby boy died in hospital 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 on the same night, he was arrested on January 14, and he 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 these murders.

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