Armenia commemorates victims of 1999 parliament terror attack
PanARMENIAN.Net - The October
27, 2011 session of the Armenian government started with a minute of
silence in commemoration of those who were killed in the terror attack
12 years ago today.
“This day will remain one of the darkest
pages in Armenia’s history, when people who had an important role in the
state building, were killed,” Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said.
On October 27, 1999, terrorists led by Nairi Hunanyan assassinated
prominent public and political activists of Armenia: Prime Minister
Vazgen Sargsyan, parliament speaker Karen Demirchyan, vice speakers Yuri
Bakhshyan and Ruben Miroyan, parliament members Michael Kotanyan,
Armenak Armenakyan, Henrik Abramyan and Leonard Petrosyan.
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