GYMURI. – The participants of a rally demanding that Russian soldier Valery Permyakov be handed over to the Armenian law enforcement agencies, marched to Shirak governor's office.

A scuffle between the protesters and police officers broke out near the building, the Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent reports from Gyumri.

The officers blocked the building's entrance not allowing protesters come up. The protesters tried to hang posters on the building, but their actions were blocked by police.

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 later apprehended by the Russian border guards near the Armenian-Turkish border. It was decided that the Russian side will investigate Permyakov’s case.

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