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New details from the Merdzavan incident

According to Shamshyan.com , on February 5, at around 00:40, Tigran Manukyan, 35, registered in Merdzavan, Georgi Manukyan, 41, registered in Merdzavan, Arsen Mardoyan, 21, living in Merdzavan, Martik Baghdasaryan, 22, living in Merdzavan, and Grigor Ohanyan, 29, registered in Yerevan, argued over household issues and beat Vladimir Khdryan, 22, living in Merdzavan, after which the argument continued in front of Yerevanyan 51 in the village of Merdzavan. Already there, V. joined the argument. Khdryan's close friends, 29-year-old Armen Ghazaryan, a resident of Merdzavan (who, according to G. Shamshyan, is known by the nickname "TEZ"), 28-year-old Artur Galstyan, registered in Merdzavan, 31-year-old Marzpet Galstyan, registered in Merdzavan, and several still unidentified individuals. The argument then turned into a fight, they exchanged blows and, according to operational information, at that time A. Ghazaryan opened fire with a machine gun he had in his possession, as a result of which G. Ohanyan died on the spot from a gunshot wound to the chest, and N. Nalbandyan received a gunshot wound to the seat and was transferred to the "Vagharshapat" medical center. Let us recall that yesterday we reported that there was an armed attack on the house of the administrative head of the Merdzavan settlement of the Parakar enlarged community. There is one victim and one injured.

We should also add that yesterday the Criminal Investigation Department reported that there are 2 people arrested in connection with the armed attack on the house of the Merdzavan community mayor.

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