MURDER IN THE CENTER OF YEREVAN

Armenpress
Sept 06 2006

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 6, ARMENPRESS: The head of the Operative and
Investigation Department of a government-affiliated State Tax
Inspection Shahen Hovasapian was killed today in the morning after
a bomb placed in his GAZ-31 car exploded.

The law enforcement officials are at present working on the scene. No
other details are available presently. The President of Armenia has
instructed the law enforcement bodies to undertake all the necessary
measures to disclose the crime as soon as possible.

A spokesperson for the president Victor Soghomonian told Armenpress
that Robert Kocharian expressed his condolences to the family of
Shahen Hovasapian.

Soghomonian said the criminal way of acting, which is directed against
the efforts to improve tax administration and ensure equal conditions
for all must be condemned. He said it is not able to affect the
government’s policy to eliminate problems and shortcomings in tax
administration.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress