YEREVAN. – The tragedy in Gyumri is a terrible crime which had to compel each and everyone to experience emotions. Whether or not a person has an official post, this is a tragedy for every Armenian.

Prosecutor General Gevorg Kostanyan stated the aforesaid at Thursday’s National Assembly hearings devoted to the recent tragedy that occurred in Armenia’s second largest city.

At the same time, however, Kostanyan drew the attention of those in attendance to several circumstances. First, the law enforcement agencies cannot be guided by emotions.

“I’m obligated to organize my actions in accordance with the law of the country and the provisions of international rights, regardless of emotions,” the attorney general noted.

As per Gevorg Kostanyan, it was decided to hold open parliamentary hearings to keep the public informed of the situation.

“Our objective is shared, but the ways to achieve it cannot be identical,” the attorney general added, in particular.

As reported earlier, six members of the Avetisyan family—including a two-year-old girl—were shot dead, and a six-month-old baby was wounded in their house in Gyumri on January 12; but the baby boy died in hospital on Monday, January 19.

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, he was arrested on January 14, and he 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.” And on Wednesday, January 21, the Investigative Committee of Armenia also filed a criminal charge against Permyakov, and with “premeditated murder of two or more persons.” The Russian soldier has accepted the charge.

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