The Investigative Committee of Armenia has revealed details of a fatal shooting in the Armenian village of Nigavan, which left two killed and five others wounded.
In a statement on Monday, the law enforcement agency said late on Saturday a 32-year-old Yerevan resident, who was driving his brother's car in the town of Aparan, honked his car horn to alert the driver of a passing Infiniti vehicle, then drove around and stopped it.
Afterwards, the man and his brother engaged in a verbal dispute with the driver about yielding the right of way. Several residents of Aparan intervened in the conversation, which turned into a heated argument and continued in the outskirts of the town.
Later on Sunday, the 32-year-old Yerevan man, his brother and several other individuals went to the area near a petrol station in Aparan, where they met one of the disputants and beat him.
The conflict continued at an area near the garbage dump in Nigavan village, where the 32-year-old man, who had a gun, fired it at his opponents. As a result, seven victims were taken to different medical centers, were two of them died.
The shooter has been arrested. A probe into the further circumstances of the incident is underway.