DONETSK: RUSSIAN SHOOTS ARMENIAN BUSINESSMAN

5tv.com, Ukraine
19.09.2006 17:04

Prosecutors in Donetsk have initiated criminal proceedings in the
Monday shooting of businessman Samvel Adamian in the eastern city. Both
Adamian and his would-be assassin are currently in hospital.

The shooting occurred after 3 PM outside of the offices of
Donbasnaftoprodukt – a firm widely believed to be owned by Adamian. He
was shot in the chest as he exited his car. Guards form the building
ran out upon hearing the shots and returned fire, injuring the
attacker. Police recovered two pistols, two passports and two mobile
phones at the seen of the crime. The possibility that a second
attacker took part in the shooting is being invesitgated. Donetsk
prosecutor Oleksandr Ol’mezov said that the injured assasin is a
citizen of the Russian Federation. Adamian is a leading member of
the Armenian Diaspora in Donetsk, who has himself reportedly been
convicted of crimes in the past. Adamian has also reportedly survived
an assassination attempt in the past.