ARMENIAN MP’S CONDITION GRAVE
ARMENPRESS
Sept 27 2007
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 27, ARMENPRESS: Samvel Nikoyan, a senior member
of the Republican Party, denied today media speculations that Tigran
Arzakantsian, a Republican Party member and the owner of one of
Armenia’s largest brandy companies, shot and stabbed in the lobby of
the Metropol Hotel in Moscow, was in prime minister Serzh Sarkisian’s
official delegation that was visiting Moscow.
The Armenian businessman is said to be in critical condition. According
to reports from Moscow, he was attacked by two Caucasian- looking men,
who fled the scene.
Samvel Nikoyan said Arzakantsian’s condition, who underwent urgent
surgery at a Moscow hospital, will be depending on his" power of
resistance."
He said Arzakantsian happened to be in Moscow when Serzh Sarkisian
was visiting the Russian capital and joined the Armenian delegation
for a meeting with Armenian students majoring at Moscow universities.
Russian news agencies quoted several eyewitnesses as saying that the
fight broke out in the Metropol casino at about 4:00 a.m. Wednesday
"During the fight, one of the participants twice shot his opponent,"
Interfax news agency said quoting an eyewitness.