YEREVAN. – U.S. Embassy staff send condolences to the relatives of an Armenian family murdered in Gyumri.

“U.S. Embassy staff sends their condolences to the Avetisyan family in Gyumri today as their loved ones are laid to rest,” says the message posted on Facebook.

Six members of the Avetisyan family were interred alongside one another at the cemetery of Armenia’s Gyumri city on Thursday.

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, and he was arrested on Wednesday. Valery Permyakov is held in custody at the Russian military base.