GYUMRI. – The residents of Gyumri continue demanding that Russian serviceman who was named the accused in a murder of six people must be handed over to the Armenian justice.

After long negotiations with the prosecutor of Shirak Region Raffi Aslanyan, protesters agreed to leave the area next to the Russian military base.

Chairman of Asbarez journalists' club Levon Barseghyan published the statement of protesters: they will gather near prosecutor's office after the funeral of the Avertisyan family that will take place on Thursday.

Six members of the Avetisyan family, including 2-year-old girl, 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, was called the accused in this crime. Permyakov was apprehended by the Russian border guards near the Armenian-Turkish border.