
In Gyumri in the medical center of the Blessed Mother of God, the 6-month-old baby Seryozha Avetisyan died, to whom the Russian soldier Valery Permyakov caused severe wounds with a bayonet. This is reported by News.am with reference to the Ministry of Health of Armenia.
According to the director of the medical center Nikolai Dallakan, in the evening of January 18, the condition of the wounded deteriorated sharply. “Despite the continuous efforts of local and foreign doctors, it was not possible to improve indicators, cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal failure developed, irreversible changes occurred that led to death,” the medic continued. The death of the child was recorded at 17:02 Monday by local time (16:02 Moscow time).
On the night of January 12, the 18-year-old Permyakov, having left the location of the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri, came to the house of Avetisyan not familiar to him and five adult family members aged 24 to 55 years old from Kalashnikov’s machine gun, andtried to get two children with a bayonet-knife . The 2-year-old Asmik Avetisyan died on the spot, and Seryozha was taken to the hospital and operated on.
On the other night, Russian border guards detained Permyakov while trying to cross the Armenian-Turkish border. The Russian authorities said that they would not give out Armenian killer , since the Russian Constitution does not allow the issuance of citizens of the country to other states.
On Wednesday, in protest against such a decision , mass demonstrations were held in Gyumri . The next day, the Prosecutor General of the country, Gevork Kostanyan, promised that he would demand from his Russian colleague Yuri Chaika to give Permyakov.
Meanwhile, on Saturday, the Investigative Committee of Armenia opened a case on the fact of demonstrations in Gyumri . It is open under articles on hooliganism and the application of violence to a representative of the authorities. As reported, there are no accused of the case yet.
On Sunday, on the seventh day after the murder, Vladimir Putin called Armenian President Serge Sargsyan and expressed condolences in connection with the tragedy.