Yerem Sargsyan, the attorney of the legal heirs of the murdered seven members of the Avetisyan family in Armenia’s Gyumri city, has submitted a motion to the investigative body, Sargsyan himself told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The legal representative noted that he motioned the filing of another criminal charge against Russian soldier Valery Permyakov, who is the accused in the aforementioned murder, and with respect to Permyakov making an attempt to illegally cross the Armenian state border.

Sargsyan noted that the grounds for this motion are based on the Russian Federal Security Service statement on the apprehension of this Russian soldier. The attorney said the word “offender” is constantly used in this press release, there are seemingly crime features, and if he was detained, his offense may have been the attempt to illegally cross the border.

The lawyer demands that a respective criminal case be filed and urgent steps be taken.

“Another objective of this step is that additional grounds can be created for transferring Permyakov to [the law enforcement of] Armenia,” Yerem Sargsyan added.

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; and the baby boy died in hospital on January 19.

Valery Permyakov, a serviceman of the 102nd Russian Military Base in Gyumri, 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 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 charges.