PERSON SUSPECTED OF COMMITTING ATTEMPT UPON RA MP TIGRAN ARZAKANTSIAN’S LIFE DETAINED IN MOSCOW
Noyan Tapan
Dec 12 2007
MOSCOW, DECEMBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN. Representatives of the Russian
Ministry of Internal Affairs have arrested a person suspected
of committing an attempt upon Armenian parliament deputy Tigran
Arzakantsian’s life. As the RIA Novosti agency reports referring to
a source in the law enforcement bodies, as a result of investigation
measures an unemployed citizen having previous conviction was detained
for a crime committed with mercenary motives.
The accessory to the crime is being searched for at present. Nothing
is reported about the identity of the detained person and the other
details of the operation in the interests of the investigation.
It should be mentioned that T. Arzakantsian was injured on September 26
at the Metropol Moscow casino. Two non-identified persons attacked him,
one of them stabbed him with a knife, the other injured with fire-arms.