ARMENIA’S SECOND LARGEST CITY’S MAYOR WOUNDED IN ATTACK
ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
April 2, 2007 Monday 03:00 PM EST
The mayor of Armenia’s second largest city of Gyumri, Vartan Gukasyan,
was attacked on Monday.
Gukasyan’s car was fired at on his way home from Yerevan, the
television company Shant (Lightning) said.
The mayor was in Yerevan to attend a meeting of the leadership of
the Republican Party. The party confirmed the attack on Gukasyan.
According to preliminary information, the mayor was wounded, and two
of his bodyguards killed.