YEREVAN. – Leader of Prosperous Armenia party Gagik Tsarukyan considers “not everyone must comment” on the incident that happened near the house of former Syunik Governor.

Talking to reporters on Monday, he commented on the shooting which claimed one life and wounded two people.

“This is a loss that is painful for all parties. So we all need to be patient: there are victims, there are witnesses and this will allow the law enforcement authorities to hold an investigation. The guilty must be punished for such incidents not to happen again,” he said.

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.