YEREVAN. – Five relatives of the Avetisyan family members, who were killed in Gyumri city, have been recognized as the legal heirs of the victims.

Sona Truzyan, the adviser to the chairman of the Investigative Committee of Armenia, told the above-said to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

She added that one of these legal heirs will be representing the interests of three persons.

But the names of these legal heirs are kept confidential at the request of these relatives.

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; and 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.