YEREVAN. – The video which the Investigative Committee of Armenia had released the previous day, and on the Armenian investigators’ first interrogation of Russian soldier Valery Permyakov, who is the accused in the recent murder in Gyumri city, has gone viral among the public, Haykakan Zhamanak daily reported.

“The video has had 279 thousand views in one day, which is not such a frequent occurrence on the Armenian Internet.

“It is noticeable, however, that the Armenian community is surprised that it is not seeing a cannibal monster, but rather an ordinary 20-year-old boy in Permyakov, who at first glance does not differ from thousands of others,” Haykakan Zhamanak wrote.

As reported earlier, six members of the Avetisyan family—including a two-year-old girl—were shot dead, and a six-month-old baby was wounded in their house in Gyumri on January 12; but the baby boy died in hospital on Monday, January 19.

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.” And on Wednesday, January 21, the Investigative Committee of Armenia also filed a criminal charge against Permyakov, and with “premeditated murder of two or more persons.” The Russian soldier has accepted the charge.

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.