April 21, 2012 - 14:29 AMT
State official detained for assault - paper

Karen K., employee of Nor Nork district department of Armenia's State Revenue Committee was detained on April 20 on suspicion of crime, Hayatsk paper reports.

The suspect, 43, confessed that on November 14, 2011 he stabbed Meruzhan D., 27.

According to the daily, Karen K. had a scuffle with Meruzhan D. and his friend Zhirayr A., 20, in Bryusov street in Yerevan; as a result, Karen K. hit Meruzhan D. with his knife.