Famous criminal authority, former MP killed in shootout in Yerevan

The details of the shooting in Yerevan on the night of November 11 have been revealed, Report mentions, referring to Hraparak.

As a result, along with the criminal authority Artur Ghazaryan, Artush Simonyan, nicknamed “Kanakersi Artush”, a member of the Republican Party of Serzh Sargsyan in 2003-2007, was killed.

According to the newspaper, 1 shooter was one of the four sons of the former MP, Noro, Vlad, Hovhannes, and Akop, and another shooter was injured and hospitalized.

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Four people were killed in a shooting in the Armenian capital Yerevan on November 11, Report informs, citing Shamshyan.

Police and investigators found the bodies of two men on Kanakera Street in Yerevan. It was later revealed that two wounded also died on the way to the hospital. Several weapons, bullets, and knives were found at the scene.

Among the dead was Arthur Ghazaryan, nicknamed Kanakersi Tuy, known in the criminal world in Armenia. He fought in one of the armed groups for the occupation of the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan by Armenia. Thus, on the instructions of the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, the separatists’ leader “rewarded him with a weapon.”