Two criminal cases have been filed against Armenia’s Gyumri city Russian military base serviceman Valery Permyakov, who is the main suspect in Monday’s murder of six members of a family, Shirak Region Prosecutor Raffi Aslanyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

One criminal case, each, is filed by the Russian Federation (RF) and the Armenian law enforcement.

“At the moment, the person was found by the RF military, and he is under the judicial proceeding of the RF law enforcement agencies. Hence, he was arrested within the framework of the criminal case the RF has initiated.

“[But] the [two] criminal cases will definitely be joined,” Aslanyan specifically noted.

Once joined, there will be a single criminal case, and, subsequently, it will be decided whether the Armenian or the Russian law enforcement will investigate this case.

Although Permyakov has given testimony along the lines of the criminal case the RF has launched, the Armenian law enforcement likewise have spoken with him orally, but these conversations cannot be disclosed.  

Six members of a family were shot dead and a six-month-old baby was wounded in a house in Gyumri on Monday. The city’s Russian 102nd military base serviceman Valery Permyakov is the main suspect in this crime. Permyakov was apprehended near the Armenian-Turkish border, in the vicinity of Armenia’s Bayandur village.