YEREVAN. – The Armenian man, who recently was killed in the Russian capital city of Moscow, was a citizen of Armenia.

The press service of the Embassy of Armenia in Moscow told the aforesaid to Armenian News-NEWS.am. It also informed that the victim was A. Kasabelyan, who was registered in the Armenian capital city of Yerevan.

“His age is unknown. An investigation is currently underway. The details of the incident and the motives for the murder are not yet known,” the embassy added.

On December 13 at 9pm local time, an unidentified person had fired several shots at this Armenian man, when he had come out of a Moscow building with his daughter, reported TASS news agency of Russia. The murderer had fled the scene, whereas the Armenian man had died in hospital.