YEREVAN. - The terrorist Nairi Hunanian, imprisoned in Armenia for life sentence,  will not take part in his mother’s funeral, the head of public relations department of the penitentiary branch of the Ministry of Justice Gor Ghlechyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

According to the Armenia’s criminal code, the convicts who have committed grave or especially grave crimes and have a life sentence are not allowed for short-term visits for their relatives’ funerals. Other convicts are allowed.

To the question on whether Nairi Hunanian has already been told about that decision, he answered that the department has not yet received an official document on Hunanian’s mother’s death from any of their relatives.

Armenian News-NEWS.am earlier reported that on November 23 in Yevpatoria city, near the sea, 2 meters away from the coast, Hunanyan’s mother, Natella Galstyan’s body was discovered.

Note, that 13 years ago, on Oct. 27, 1999, five members of terrorist group led by Nairi Hunanian and armed with automatic guns, entered the Armenian parliament and killed during parliament session the Speaker Karen Demirchyan, prime minister Vazgen Sargsyan and 6 other high ranking officials.

The trial over them took 3 years, as a result of which the five terrorists were convicted to live sentence. During the trial, the organizers of the attack were not discovered.