20/01/2015 13:44
Memorial service for 6-month-old Seryozha Avetisyan to be held today
The memorial service for six-month-old Seryozha Avetisyan, who was wounded by Russian serviceman Valery Permyakov on January 12 and died yesterday, will be held today in the Surb Nshan Church of Gyumri. The funeral service will take place tomorrow, the head of Gyumri-based Asparez Club Levon Barseghyan told Aysor.am.
Six members of the Avetisyan family, including a two-year-old girl, were killed in the city of Gyumri on January 12. The only survivor of the attack, six-month-old Seryozha Avetisyan, was hospitalized in critical condition with stab wounds.
Following the mass murder, Valery Permyakov, a serviceman of the Russian 102nd military base in Gyumri, was detained near the Armenian-Turkish border. He is being held in custody at the Russian base.