AN ASSAULT ON THE JAVAKHQ RESIDENTS

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[12:52 pm] 12 October, 2006

According to the data of "United Javakhq" Democratic Union, on October
10 a group of criminals initiated an attack on Vahagn Chakhalyan,
member of the Union, members of his family and his friend Gourgen
Shirinyan.

Being preliminary informed about the time of their arrival, the group
met them on Ashtarak-Yerevan highway, then watched them in their cars
and finally stopped them in the city outskirts. The criminals came up
to Vahagn Chakhalyan from the back and hit him on the head with a metal
object. Then they stabbed Vahagn’s father and friend with a knife the
moment they were trying to protect Vahagn. Gourgen Shirinyan was taken
to hospital with serious bodily injuries where he was operated on.

"The violence followed the democratic measures to review the results of
the elections of the local self-government bodies which were fabricated
with frauds. It is noteworthy, that the mass media and TV Stations in
Yerevan made defaming announcements on "United Javakhq." This fact
gives ground to assume that the stooges of the Georgian authorities
(who realize the policy of displacing the Javakhq Armenians) try to
distort the general political picture of the territory and disorientate
the Armenian community.

"United Javakhq" Democratic Union condemns the attempts to solve
the interior problems of the Javakhq Armenians through inefficient
criminal attacks. The Union calls on the political forces concerned
with the stability and well-being of Javakhq, to take joint measures
to combat this phenomenon," says the announcement issued by the Union.