EDITOR OF ARMENIA TODAY EDITION CRUELLY BEATEN IN YEREVAN

ArmInfo
2009-04-30 11:18:00

Editor of Armenia Today edition Argishti Kiviryan has been cruelly
beaten in Yerevan.

As Argishti Kiviryan’s sister Armenika Kiviryan told ArmInfo,
the incident happened at about 5:00 AM of April 30 in the
entrance of the house in Nalbandyan Street where Kiviryans’ family
lives. Appearingly, three unknown men were on the watch for Argishti
Kiviryan. The criminals beat the victim with clubs and then put forth
the handgun. Fortunately, Kiviryan managed to the avert the gunpoint,
and the bullets did nit catch him. Kiviryans’ family heard three shots
in the entrance of their house. Currently, Argishti Kiviryan is in
the intensive care unit of ‘Erebuni’ hospital. He has got numerous
bodily injuries, especially in the area of the head. The doctors say
his life is out of danger.

To recall, this is not the first attack on the journalists in Armenia.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress