September 6, 2006 - 15:05 AMT
Several Shocking Murders Committed in Armenia in 2006
Several shocking murders were committed in Yerevan in 2006. Sedrak Zatikyan, the elder of the Malatia-Sebastia community and the son of RA NA member, late Vahan Zatikyan, was killed in Yerevan June 22.

Well-known entrepreneur, head of the Organization of Children's Rights Protection Alexander Givoyev was killed on Ashtarak-Gyumri highway August 8.

Director of "Merci" bijouterie shop Armen Grigoryan was found dead in his flat with his hands and feet tied August 9.

Head of the local administration Tigran Petrosyan of Dalar village (Ararat region) was shot dead August 30 by former head of the village administration Gegham Badalyan, who was later arrested.

The service car of Shahen Hovasapyan, the head of the operating and investigating department of RA State Tax Service, exploded in the center of Yerevan, September 6 at about 10 a.m. local time. Shahen Hovasapyan died immediately.

According to the statistics, the crime growth in Armenia during the initial half of 2006 made 9.9%, reported newsarmenia.ru.