GYUMRI. – On Thursday, the residents of Armenia’s Gyumri city are bidding their last goodbye to six members of the Avetisyan family who were brutally murdered on Monday.
The people in attendance are so much that there is a large queue at the entrance of the church where the memorial service is offered, and it is virtually impossible to enter, informed the Armenian News-NEWS.am reporter in Armenia’s second largest city.
The burial service for the slain Avetisyan family members is slated to get underway at 2pm.
A large number of police forces are on duty in the area.
Six members of the Avetisyan family—including a two-year-old girl—were shot dead, and a six-month-old baby boy was wounded in their house in Gyumri 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, and he was arrested on Wednesday. It was decided that the Russian side will be investigating the case involving this soldier.