YEREVAN. – Criminal case against Valery Permyakov, a suspect in a  murder of six members of one family, must be investigated in Armenia, lawyer Nikolay Baghdasaryan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

He recalled that international and Armenian legislation suggests that the case is investigated by local law enforcement agencies regardless of the citizenship of a criminal, except for cases when a crime is committed on the territory of another country. The crime was committed on the territory of Armenia and must be investigated by Armenian law enforcement agencies.

The lawyer claims that transferring Permyakov to Russian military base was illegal. He must be handed over to the Armenian side immediately, no matter who were the border guards who caught him, he added.

Earlier Prosecutor General’s Offices of Armenia said Permyakov will not be handed over to the Armenian law enforcement because pursuant to the Russian Constitution, a Russian citizen cannot be transferred to another country.

The Armenian and Russian law enforcement agencies are jointly conducting the respective investigation.

The Armenian side, however, will see to it that all the perpetrators of this crime are brought to justice required by law.

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