CRIMINAL CASE ON BEATING OF EDITOR OF ARMENIA TODAY E-EDITION TRANSFERRED TO NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
ArmInfo
2009-05-07 13:59:00
ArmInfo. Criminal case on the fact of beating of Argishti Kiviryan,
the editor of Armenia Today e-edition, has been transferred to the
National Security Council of Armenia (NSC), NSC Press Secretary
Artsvin Baghramyan told ArmInfo.
The NSC Investigation Department is in charge of the case.
As it was reported earlier, three unknown attacked Kiviryan in the
entrance of his house in Nalbandyan Street approximately at 5:00
a.m. local time on April 30. The criminals beaten Kiviryan up with bats
and then made several shots from a pistol. Fortunately Kiviryan could
turn the barrel aside and the bullets did not wound him. Kiviryan’s
family heard three shots from the entrance. At present Argishti
Kiviryan is at hospital with numerous bodily injuries and head traumas.
Armenian Police initiated a criminal case under Article 117 of Armenian
Criminal Code (intentional infliction of light bodily injuries).