Forensic tests have confirmed that the seven members of an Armenian family in Gyumri were murdered at home in January by a Russian soldier currently kept under arrest, lawyers representing the victims' relatives said on Thursday.
Citing DNA samples collected by Armenian investigators from the scene of the massacre, they said that all of the victims were shot or stabbed in their beds and that only one of them, Seryozha Avetisian, was able to put up some resistance.
The 53-year-old Avetisian, his wife, unmarried daughter, son, daughter-in-law and 2-year-old granddaughter were found dead in their Gyumri house early on January 12. His second grandchild, a 6-month-old baby, died of stab wounds a week later, adding to a nationwide shock and outrage caused by the mysterious killings.
Armenian News
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