YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. RA National Assembly deputy, businessman Tigran Arzakantsian was injured by fire-arms at the Metropol gambling house in the center of Moscow early in the morning of September 25. According to Russian media, the 41-year-old businessman was taken to Sklifasovski Ambulance Institute, where he was operated on. According to witnesses, at about 4:00 am by Moscow time a quarrel started among three visitors of the gambling house having Caucasian appearance, as a result of which one of them shot at the other three times. The suspect left the scene and has not been arrested so far. A criminal case has been instituted on the occasion of the case. It is also reported that T. Arzakantsian, who was in Moscow on private affairs, the day before the incident took part in the meeting of RA governmental delegation with Armenian students studying in Moscow.

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