GYUMRI. – The residents of Armenia’s Gyumri city on Tuesday placed flowers near the gate of the Avetisyan family home, and in memory of the family members who were brutally murdered on Monday.

In addition, the city residents placed a toy and lit candles outside the house gate, informed the Armenian News-NEWS.am reporter in Gyumri.

The door of the house is sealed. It is yet unknown when the memorial service and funeral for the slain family will be held.

Six members of the Avetisyan family were shot dead and the six-month-old baby was wounded in their house in Gyumri on Monday. Valery Permyakov, a serviceman of the city’s Russian 102nd Military Base, is the main suspect in this crime. Permyakov was apprehended near the Armenian-Turkish border, in the vicinity of Armenia’s Bayandur village.

The photo above depicts Hasmik, the killed two-year-old daughter of the family, and Seryozha, the six-month-old son, who has been hospitalized.