Russian Officer Killed
Itar Tass reports that the Russian and Armenian Foreign Ministries are taking very seriously the early Monday morning shooting of Russian army officer Dmitry Yermolov. That attack which appears to have occurred in Arinj, better known as being the home village of Gagik Tsarukian, seems very spontaneous and frighteningly unpredictable. I don’t think I’ve ever heard such a story of seemingly random violence in Armenia.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin discussed the recent killing of a Russian officer on the Yerevan outskirts with his Armenian counterpart Gegam Garibdzhanian by phone on Tuesday.
“The Armenian diplomat said that the national government controls the investigation,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said. “An investigation team has been formed, and suspects are being questioned. The Armenian Foreign Ministry promised to inform Russia about the investigation progress.”
A Russian officer was killed on the Yerevan outskirts, the Armenian Prosecutor General’s Office said earlier in the day.
According to the prosecutors, assailants stopped a vehicle carrying five Russian servicemen in the village of Arindzh in the small morning hours of Monday. The servicemen were beaten and allowed to drive off. The assailants opened fire at the departing car and injured Lt. Dmitry Yermolov. He died on the way to hospital. Another passenger was hospitalized with a gunshot wound.
Two suspects were apprehended, and their hunting guns were seized, the prosecutors said.
RFE/RL has this:
Comment by Onnik — August 9, 2007 @ 8:59 pm
I wish Russian MFA responds with the same speed and urgency, when ethniic Armenians are killed in Russia.
Comment by GT — August 11, 2007 @ 5:00 pm