Armed Individual Involved in Assassination Attempts Captured from Cemetery; Also Wanted in Russia

According to Samshyan.com, on October 26, based on operational information received at the Arabkirk police department, the police conducted a special operation named "Even if you are in the afterlife, we will find you." After receiving the operational data, the police went to the cemetery in Zovuni village to carry out the operation.

According to the media, the police detained 37-year-old Arthur Asryan, registered in the Ajapnyak administrative district of Yerevan, from the mentioned cemetery. During the operation, an "AKM" type assault rifle was discovered with him, along with one magazine containing 30 rounds of 7.62 mm caliber ammunition. Had the police not acted professionally and promptly, it is not ruled out that Asryan would have used the firearm.

The seized assault rifle has been confiscated, and a forensic examination has been ordered.

Asryan had been wanted since June 15, 2020, by the Mashtots police department on charges of several articles under the Armenian Criminal Code, including Article 176, Part 2, Clause 1, Article 176, Part 2, Clause 2, Article 176, Part 2, Clause 3, Article 177, Part 2, Clause 3, Article 185, Part 1, Article 34-104, Part 2, Clause 1, and Article 235, Part 1.

He has also been wanted by the Krasnodar territory police department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation since December 2, 2020, on charges related to attempted murder under Article 105, Part 2, Clause A and Article 30, Part 3.

A court ruling has issued a detention order as a measure of restraint against him.

Asryan is also suspected of attempting to murder the sons of the notorious criminal known as "thief-in-law" Armen Kanevsky (Armen Harutyunyan) and two others with a firearm on March 9, 2020, on Halabyan Street in Yerevan.

Since June 15 of this year, he has been wanted by the Mashtots police department on multiple charges under the Armenian Criminal Code, including Article 34-176, Part 2 (robbery committed by a group of individuals in preliminary agreement on a large scale), Article 34-177, Part 2 (theft committed by a group of individuals in preliminary agreement), and Article 185, Part 1 (deliberate destruction or damage to property).