The paper says it has learned from sources that the residents of the Abovyan city seek political motives behind the death of the man who was reported killed of gunshot wounds on Monday morning.

They reportedly claim that a taxi service in the city was going to participate in a contest together with a company belonging to Artur Harutyunyan (aka Palach), the godson of the Prosperous Armenia party’s leader, Gagik Tsarukyan.

According to the paper, some suspect that there were initially plans to kill the director of the taxi service, but instead, his brother-in-law, Edgar Khojoyan, was gunned down mistakenly. Speaking to the paper, Artur Harutyunyan made the following remark in that connection, “There has been an earthquake in Persia [Iran]. Why don’t you link my name with that? I am very busy and have nothing to do with anything. I am not aware of anything.”