Candidate for Council of Elders killed in Yerevan

Candidate for Council of Elders killed in Yerevan

2009-04-04 12:25:00

ArmInfo. Candidate for the Council of Elders Karen Hakopyan, who held
the 101st place in RPA list, has been killed in Yerevan.

As "Haykakan Zhamanak" Yerevan newspaper reports, Hakopyan was killed
by an unknown person in a skirmish during the attack at another
candidate from the same party, Artur Sedrakyan, holding the 43rd place
in the party list. According to the source, the skirmish is connected
with the upcoming May 31 election to the Council of Elders of Yerevan.
The newspaper reports that A. Sedrakyan, who also got a gunshot wound,
came to the Police and gave evidences. K. Hakopyan was taken to the
hospital April 2 night, where he died without recovering consciousness.

According to the Police data, the incident happened in Raffi Street.
Four shells were found at the site of occurrence. Investigation is
underway.