If the deadly crime at the Harsnaqar restaurant fails to be solved, similar incidents will continue in Armenia, David Sanasaryan, a member of the Heritage party and an active member of the civil initiative demanding the punishment of all the culprits in the Harsnaqar incident, stressed that Armenian society will do its utmost for the culprits to be punished.

“If Armenia’s police want to, they will easily solve the crime and punish all the culprits,” Sanasaryan said.

As to whether Ruben Hairapetyan attempted to “get in touch” with activists or send “messengers,” Sanasaryan said that Hairapetyan did not try to get in touch with him, but “a lot of messengers have come.”

Sanasarysan does not believe that the Prosecutor General’s Office of Armenia did not show goodwill when it allowed the injured party to study the case for five days.

“They did not give the injured party five days to study the case. Rather, they themselves needed five days to prepare a new petition,” he said.

On June 17, military surgeon Vahe Avetyan was mercilessly beaten at the Harsnaqar restaurant owned by President of the Football Federation of Armenia, MP of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Ruben Hairapetyan. Despite doctors efforts to save his life, 33-year-old father of two children Vahe Avetyan died in hospital.