PROSECUTORS SUSPEND PROBE INTO MURDER OF ARMENIAN STUDENT

RIA novosti, Russia
Aug. 21, 2006

MOSCOW, August 22 (RIA Novosti) – Prosecutors have suspended an
investigation into the killing of an Armenian teenager in the Moscow
subway in April, a lawyer said Monday.

Vagan Abramyants, a 17-year-old student at the Moscow Academy of
Management, was attacked and stabbed to death on the platform of
Pushkinskaya metro station, in the city center, at about 5 p.m. April
22.

"The investigation has been suspended for lack of evidence against
possible suspects," lawyer Simon Tsaturyan said, adding he was
surprised that investigators could not identify any perpetrators when
there were so many witnesses to the crime.

In April, police detained a 16-year-old high school student in
connection with the killing, but he was later released.

Tsaturyan said he has appealed to Russia’s Prosecutor General and the
Moscow City Prosecutor to take personal charge of the investigation.