The attorneys of Armenia’s Shirak Region stand ready to provide free legal assistance to the relatives of the Avetisyan family members, who were brutally killed recently in Gyumri city, and to act as their representative, lawyer Hayk Harutyunyan wrote on his Facebook account.

“If need be, we are ready to get involved with all 30 attorneys, and provide assistance,” Harutyunyan specifically wrote.

The Avetisyan family relatives had told Armenian News-NEWS.am that they need legal and psychological assistance, and they also want for their safety to be ensured.

Within the framework of the criminal case that has been filed into this brutal murder, the slain Avetisyan family members have been recognized as victims, but the case still does not have the legal successors of these victims; for that reason, the aforesaid relatives need to petition to the investigator.

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 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 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.