The
2015 Gyumri massacre was a
mass murder of seven members of the
Armenian Avetisyan family in
Gyumri,
Armenia, on January 12, 2015. The suspect, Valery Permyakov, a
Russian serviceman from the
Russian 102nd Military Base, was apprehended by the Armenia-based
Russian Border Guards near the border with
Turkey and brought into custody at the Gyumri base for further investigation under the Russian jurisdiction. Spontaneous demonstrations in Gyumri and
Yerevan ensued, demanding that Permyakov be tried and serve his sentence in Armenia. Perceived inadequate government response further triggered public outrage in Armenia.