YEREVAN.- Armenia’s Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan visited on Friday presidential candidate Paruyr Hayrikyan who was wounded by a gunman. Hovsepyan also talked to the doctor about health state of the politician.   

Prosecutor General’s Office said Aghvan Hovsepyan had sent a written instruction to the police and investigation department of the National Security Service to form a joint investigation team, given that the case is complicated and it is necessary to carry out the investigative activities.

The case is assigned to the investigation department of the National Security Service. A 7.62-mm-caliber bullet discovered at the site and that removed from Hayrikyan’s chest had been sent to an expertise.  

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, an assassination attempt was made against presidential candidate, opposition National Self-Determination Union Chairman Paruyr Hayrikyan, on Thursday at around 11:20pm in downtown Yerevan, in front of his home. Hayrikyan was shot and hospitalized with a gunshot wound . He underwent a successful surgery Friday morning, and a bullet—which was located in the soft tissues of his right elbow shoulder—was removed. 

A criminal case is opened in connection with the assassination attempt against Paruyr Hayrikyan. It is launched on charges of carrying out an assassination attempt against a statesman, political or public figure, which—that is, the attempt—is carried out to end this person’s noted activities. This crime is punishable by imprisonment for 12-20 years, or life in prison.