A police officer in Yerevan. File photoYEREVAN, Jun 20 Armenian police have dismissed the political overtones of a shooting incident in Aragatsotn Province on Sunday that left one dead and six injured. Earlier, local news site politik.am reported, allegedly relatives of Matevos Asatryan, MP from the ruling «Civil Contract» faction, and cousin of the vice-governor of Aragatsotn region, Edgar Parvanyan, came into conflict with a group of young people in the village of Nigavan, and then opened fire on them, allegedly because they insulted the prime minister Minister Nikol Pashinyan.» On June 19, in the village of Nigavan, Aragatsotn region (60 kilometers from Yerevan — ed.), an incident occurred involving a group of people, during which shots were fired. According to preliminary data, hunting weapons were used. Seven victims were delivered to various medical institutions, one of them died. The incident does not contain political overtones, the reason is household,” the police report says. It is noted that a criminal case has been opened on this fact, and large-scale operational-search measures are being taken. that one of the wounded is an employee of the border troops of the National Security Service. According to him, the condition of the two victims is extremely serious.
