The 1999 Armenian parliament shooting was an attack on the Armenian Parliament in the capital Yerevan on October 27, 1999 at 5:15 p.m, by a group of armed men led by Nairi Hunanyan that killed Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, Speaker of Parliament Karen Demirchyan, 5 other high-ranking officials and one journalist.
The government was holding a question-and-answer period when five gunmen entered, led by Nairi Hunanyan who was a former journalist, p...
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The 1999 Armenian parliament shooting was an attack on the Armenian Parliament in the capital Yerevan on October 27, 1999 at 5:15 p.m, by a group of armed men led by Nairi Hunanyan that killed Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, Speaker of Parliament Karen Demirchyan, 5 other high-ranking officials and one journalist.
The government was holding a question-and-answer period when five gunmen entered, led by Nairi Hunanyan who was a former journalist, plus his brother and uncle. They burst into the parliament chamber after they easily obtained passes allowing them to enter parliament, smuggling in their weapons under their overcoats. They fired their automatic weapons and killed Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, Parliamentary Speaker Karen Demirchyan, Deputy Speakers Yuri Bakhshyan and Ruben Miroyan, Armenia's Emergencies Minister Leonard Petrosyan, Mikael Kotanyan and at least two others. One of the victims was also hit in the head repeatedly with the butt of an assault rifle. The United...
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