YEREVAN. – The Government of Armenia on Thursday stood in silence and paid respects to the Avetisyan family members, who were brutally killed in Gyumri city.  

At the proposal by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan, the ministers commenced the first Cabinet meeting of 2015 by paying tribute to the innocent victims of this crime.

Six members of the Avetisyan family—including a two-year-old girl—were shot dead, and a six-month-old baby boy was wounded in their house in Gyumri on Monday. Valery Permyakov, a serviceman of the 102nd Russian Military Base in the city, is the accused in this crime. Permyakov was apprehended by the Russian border guards near the Armenian-Turkish border, and he was arrested on Wednesday.