GYUMRI. – Five more police officers went to Gyumri Medical Center on Sunday, and as a result of the violence that occurred on January 15 in the Armenian city, Center Director Armen Isahakyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

He noted that the said policemen had minor injuries, and they received outpatient treatment and left the hospital.

The law enforcement officers had informed that they had sustained these injuries during the January 15 clashes in Gyumri, but they had come to the hospital only now, since they had no time because of work, and there was nothing serious.

Incidentally, there were high-ranking officers among these policemen who had come to the medical center.

Thus a total of 10 civilians and 23 police officers have applied to the Gyumri hospital as a result of the aforesaid clashes.

There is still one police officer at the medical center, and he is expected to be discharged on Monday.

Another policeman is at Surb Grigor Lusavorich (Saint Gregory the Illuminator) Medical Center of capital city Yerevan. He underwent a surgery on his head, and is now in the postoperative period.  

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 January 12. 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 on the same night, and he was arrested on January 14. 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.