LAW-ENFORCERS LAUNCH INVESTIGATION INTO LORI PROSECUTOR MURDER
Armenpress
Aug 27 2007
YEREVAN, AUGUST 27, ARMENPRESS: Armenian law-enforcement bodies are
looking into possible motives for the killing of Albert Ghazarian,
chief prosecutor of the northeastern province of Lori, who was gunned
down August 25 overnight in Vanadzor, the region’s administrative
center.
Sona Truzian, a spokeswoman for the Office of Prosecutor General,
told Armenpress that the prosecutor was shot and killed near his
apartment on his way home from office.
"A task force led by deputy prosecutor-general Mnatsakan Sarkisian
has been sent to Vanadzor to investigate the case,’ she said, adding
that Albert Ghazarian was shot four times — in the back, neck,
and shoulders.
Prosecutors have filed a criminal case under article 104 of the
Criminal Code and a special investigative team has been set up
comprising seasoned prosecutors and people from the National Security
Service and Police, she said.
Albert Ghazarian served as deputy chief prosecutor of the northeastern
province of Lori from 1999 to 2006. In 2006 March he was appointed
chief prosecutor of the region President Robert Kocharian condemned
swiftly the murder through a spokesman, Viktor Soghomonian, who told
Armenpress that the president has ordered law-enforcement bodies to
take swift measures to track down and reveal the murderer of Albert
Ghazarian.
The spokesman said Robert Kocharian conveyed his condolences to the
killed prosecutor’s family.
"This crime, directed not only against the high-ranking prosecutor, but
also against the entire law-enforcement system is strictly condemnable
and will make the latter more resolute in their fight against crimes,"
the spokesman said.