A YEZIDI WOMAN AND 4 CHILDREN BURN THEMSELVES DEMANDING JUST PROBE INTO THEIR RELATIVE’S MURDER

Armenpress
Dec 07 2006

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 7, ARMENPRESS: The mother of a 42 year-old Yezidi man
and his four children tried to burn themselves today in front of the
presidential residence in downtown Yerevan. Emergency officials rushed
the five to the Center for Treatment of Radioactive Diseases and Burns.

The 42 year-old Yezidi man, Kyaram Avdalian, a resident of Zovuni
village near Yerevan, was killed lately, allegedly by several residents
of a village in Gegharkunik region, led by their community head.

Avdalian’s relatives who gathered outside the presidential residence,
told journalist they expect law-enforcement bodies to carry out an
unbiased probe into the murder, warning otherwise they would burn
themselves.

Doctors in the Center said the woman and four children were out of
danger, but their condition was grave as the burns were deep. The
mother of the killed man was said to have 15 percent of her skin
burned, while the faces and hands of the children were also affected
by fire.