YEREVAN. – Armenian News-NEWS.am has learned from the Ministry of Health of Armenia that the health condition of six-month-old Seryozha, the sole member of the Avetisyan family to survive the January 12 tragedy in Gyumri city, has deteriorated. 

Seryozha’s cardiovascular and renal insufficiency had grown worse, and it was decided to conduct a peritoneal dialysis.

The Armenian physicians, together with group Russian medical specialists who have arrived in Armenia, are continuing to provide the necessary medical care to the baby boy.

The child is under medical supervision, and the physicians are doing everything to stabilize his condition.

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—Seryozha—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.