The defendant Argam Hovikyan was sentenced to 10 years in prison in the criminal case into taking a child   hostage and attempted murder of the grandmother of his ex-wife, at a kindergarten in Armavir, Armenia.

The ruling was made by the Armavir Provincial Court of General Jurisdiction.

Arevik Khachatryan, head of the public relations division at the attorney general’s office, told Armenian News-NEWS.am that Hovikyan was found guilty of attempted murder, deliberately causing health damage to someone, taking a minor hostage by using a weapon, and illegally carrying a weapon.

The incident had occurred on October 30, 2017.