YEREVAN. – Three standing committees of the National Assembly (NA) of Armenia will convene a joint consultation on January 20, and devoted to Monday’s horrific murder in Gyumri city.

Hovhannes Sahakyan, the Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs, told the aforesaid to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

He added that even though three committees will be holding this consultation, the MPs who are not members in these committees likewise will be able to attend, should they wish to.

Sahakyan also informed that the matter of whether the consultation will be open or closed is discussed at present.

As reported earlier, 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, 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.

The soldier is charged under Russian law, with “the murder of more than two people,” and “desertion with a service weapon.” The Investigative Committee of Armenia also has launched a criminal case on the murders.

 

The Prosecutor General’s Office had said Permyakov will face justice under Russian law, and this information provoked a wave of protests in Armenia, especially in Gyumri and capital city Yerevan.