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23 July 2004 - 18:49 AMT

CRIMINAL AUTHORITY FROM VANADZOR SHOT IN YEREVAN

Resident of Armenian town of Vanadzor Goga Arustamian, who was shot yesterday in Yerevan, was an authority in the criminal world, Armenian Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepian told journalists today. To remind, according to a report of press service of the Armenian Police, Goga Arustamian (1964 year of birth) was shot on Komitas avenue in his BMW at 2.25 p.m. on July 22. In the words of the Prosecutor General, the killers -there were two of them, according to the testimony of witnesses – have not been found yet. However the law-enforcers already possess information about their identity. At present operative search works are being carried out jointly with the officers of Vanadzor’s police.