One of 1999 Armenian parliament shooting perpetrators dies in prisonNovember 3, 2017 - 12:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Eduard Grigoryan who was serving a life sentence over the Armenian parliament shooting on October 27, 1999 died in the early hours of Friday, November 3. Chief of Nubarashen correctoral facility Gor Ghlechyan confirmed the news, Forroghts.am reports. After complaining of chest pain at night, Grigoryan was taken to the hospital shortly afterwards where his biological death was confirmed. According to some reports, Grigoryan underwent a heart surgery two years ago. The Armenian parliament shooting was a terrorist attack on the Armenian National Assembly in the capital Yerevan on October 27, 1999, by a group of five armed men who killed seven top officials.Those five perpetrators of the shooting (Nairi Hunanyan, his younger brother Karen Hunanyan, their uncle Vram Galstyan, Derenik Ejanyan and Grigoryan) were sentenced to life in prison in 2003. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |