Syunik province governor temporarily rests office

Syunik province governor temporarily rests office
June 3, 2013 - 17:39 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Syunik province governor Suren Khachatryan announced a decision to temporarily rest his office.

“I am sorry for not being able to prevent the tragedy near my house. Every one is accountable for what they have done. I have resolved to temporarily rest office until the completion of the preliminary investigation,” the governor’s statement reads.

It’s noteworthy that a former mayoral candidate Avetik Budagyan, born in1970, was killed in the city of Goris on Saturday, June 1 evening.

Ex-commander of Goris regiment Artak Budaghyan and Nikolay Abrahamyan were taken to a hospital with gunshot wounds.

An investigation is underway.

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