The motion has been granted to Yerem Sargsyan, an attorney of the legal heirs of the murdered seven members of the Avetisyan family in Armenia’s Gyumri city, Sargsyan himself told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The attorney on Saturday traveled to Gyumri to meet with the relatives of the slain family. In addition, Sargsyan will examine the scene of the murder, the routes leading from the Russian military base in Gyumri to the Avetisyan home and from the latter to Bayandur village, the surrounding areas, etc.

Yerem Sargsyan’s aforementioned motion was with respect to clarifying several theories into the murder, conducting queries, and specifying the substantial circumstances of the case.

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; and the baby boy died in hospital on January 19.

Valery Permyakov, a serviceman of the 102nd Russian Military Base in Gyumri, stands accused in this crime. Permyakov was apprehended by the Russian border guards near the Armenian-Turkish border—and nearby Bayandur village—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 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 charges.