YEREVAN, DECEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. Karen Harutyunian, Georgy Galstian and Artur Baroyan - persons involved in the exchange of fire on Parakar-Merdzavan Road on November 19, have been arrested, NT was informed by the RA Police PR and Information Department. The above mentioned persons are residents of the village of Parakar. There was an exchange of fire as these persons tried to sort out their relations at the Rubina Hotel Complex on the road from Parakar to Merdzavan, as a result of which they were taken to hospitals in Yerevan and Etchmiadzin. Vardan Gasparian and Levon Gyulumian, residents of the same village, and Marine Minasian, a 23-year-old resident of the village of Meghradzor (Kotayk marz), were also taken to hospital. M. Minasian, who had no relation to the quarrel, also received bullet wounds. According to police, the investigation has already substantiated that on November 19, at about 8:00 p.m. Georgy Galstian, 23, and Karen Harutyunian, 25, quarreled with Artur Baroyan, 29, his father Samvel Baroyan, 51, and his brothers - Varazdat, 19, and Edgar, 18. During the quarrel, Georgy Galstain fired from his Makarov pistol at 28-year-old Levon Gulumian, wounding him in the abdomen, while Karen Harutyunian fired from his illegally obtained Mauser at Artur Baroyan and Vardan Gasparian, 36. Artur Baroyan in his turn fired from his illegally otained AKSU at G. Galstian and K. Harutyunian.

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