The British Embassy Yerevan staff expressed their sorrow and condolences to the Avetisyan family in Gyumri.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with their relatives and friends,” the embassy said in a statement on Facebook.

Six members of the Avetisyan family were interred alongside one another at the cemetery of Armenia’s Gyumri city on Thursday.

Valery Permyakov, a serviceman of the 102nd Russian Military Base in the city, stands accused in this crime. Permyakov was apprehended by the Russian border guards near the Armenian-Turkish border, and he was arrested on Wednesday. Valery Permyakov is held in custody at the Russian military base.