Parakar community opposition head killed near his house 

ArmInfo. Volodya Grigoryan, the opposition head of the enlarged Parakar community in the Armavir region, was killed near his home  at night.

As Narek Sargsyan, press secretary of the Armenian Ministry of  Internal Affairs, told reporters, on September 23 at 11:52 PM, the  police received a call reporting shots fired on the Yerevan Highway  in the Merdzavan village of the Armavir region. According to him,  there were two fatalities and one injured.

"One of the deceased was Volodya Grigoryan, the opposition head of  the Parakar community. The second vistim was Karen Abrahamyan, a  criminal police officer from the Ararat Department of the Ministry of  Internal Affairs," Sargsyan noted. According to him, the police  officer was on vacation. He was a friend of Volodya Grigoryan,  present at the time of the murder. He also noted that doctors are  currently  performing surgery on the third victim, who is in critical  condition.

An Interior Ministry spokesperson reported that  necessary  investigative procedures are underway at the crime scene, and  additional information will be provided.

As a reminder, Volodya Grigoryan had won the elections to the  enlarged community in April of this year, securing 55% of the vote.