00:37  ,  January 20, 2015

Mkhitaryan: Praying that God grants peace to you, little Seryozha

Armenia national football team and Borussia Dortmund (BVB) midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan has extended his condolences on the death of six-month-old Seryozha Avetisyan. 

“Praying that God grants peace to you, little Seryozha. God bless your soul, little angel,” the 25-year-old player wrote in his Facebook account.

Six members of the Avetisyan family—including a two-year-old girl—were shot dead, and a six-month-old baby was wounded in their house in Gyumri on January 12; and the baby boy died in hospital on Monday.

Valery Permyakov, a serviceman of the 102nd Russian Military Base in the city, stands accused in this crime. Permyakov was apprehended by the Russian border guards near the Armenian-Turkish border on the same night, he was arrested on January 14, and he is held in custody at the Russian military base.

The soldier is charged under Russian law, with “the murder of more than two people” and “desertion with a service weapon.” The Investigative Committee of Armenia also has launched a criminal case on these murders.

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