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28 November 2003 - 19:29 AMT

TRIPLE MURDER OF ARMENIANS COMMITTED IN MOSCOW IN AUGUST DISCLOSED

The officers of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department disclosed the murder of three Armenians committed in the Russian capital this August. As reported by Gazeta.ru, former Armenian MHA members David Margarian, Vazgen Hovhannesian and Vanush Torosian, the ex-owner of the big Yerevan hotel of Dvin, were shot out of a pistol in the Soviet Army street not far from “Charoit” jeweler’s August 30. In result of the operative-search works it was established that the murder was committed because of the partition of the sphere of influence upon the market of the retail trade of foodstuff and bakery in Moscow. Suspicion fell on 37-year-old resident of Yerevan, whose name is not disclosed in the interests of the investigation. He was detained in Moscow November 26.