YEREVAN. – The relatives of the slain Avetisyan family demand that the daughters of the Avetisyans must be included in a criminal case as legal successors of the victims.

The family will continue the struggle by legal means, relative Samvel Harutyunyan told the Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent.

“Legal successors are Seryozha's daughters – Lusine and Anahit,” he said.

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; but the baby boy died in hospital on Monday.

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 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 Wednesday, 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 charge.