YEREVAN. – A man wounded in a shooting near the house of former Syunik Governor underwent the second surgery.

Head of military hospital Aram Asaturyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am that commander of N military unit Artak Budaghyan underwent the second surgery.

Doctor hopes this would be the last surgery, although everything depends on recovery process. Budaghyan will remain in intensive care ward for 3-4 days.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, shots were fired nearby Suren Khachatryan’s home in Goris city, on June 2 at around 12:10am, as a result of which one person was killed and two others sustained gunshot wounds and were taken to Goris hospital. The person who died was Avo Budaghyan, the former Goris mayoral candidate. The wounded are Budaghyan’s brother Artak, and Nikolay Abrahamyan, a relative and bodyguard of Khachatryan. Subsequently, the wounded were transferred to capital city Yerevan.

A criminal case is launched on charges of murder and illegal carrying, possession, and use of arms and ammunition, and the Military Prosecutor’s Office is conducting the investigation.

Two people are arrested in connection with this incident. One of them is the Syunik regional governor’s son, Tigran Khachatryan, 19, and the other is the governor’s bodyguard, Zarzand Nikoghosyan.   

Pursuant to his petition, Suren Khachatryan was relieved of his duties as Governor of Syunik Region last Thursday.

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