Prosecutor General of Armenia Gevorg
Kostanyan is at loss to speak of the crime wave reasons in Armenia. After the
government meeting on March 10 the journalists asked Kostanyan to comment on
the recent bloody shootout. Criminal
kingpin Levon Ghazaryan was killed in the shootout in Yerevan. During the
shootout in Gyumri six people were severely injured and taken to hospital.
However, the Prosecutor General's answers were rather
indefinite. According to him, it is too
early to speak of the crime rate in Armenia, as well as of the reasons of the
shootout. Kostanyan believes, that the only solution to the problem after such
incidents is to strengthen the control of arms traffic. He assured, that
necessary measures are taken on each crime.
Kostanyan evaded the question if the crimes were
related to the law enforcement bodies' improper execution of their
functions.
The Prosecutor General also refused to comment on
spread rumors that Head of Police Vladimir Gasparyan and Head of Investigation
Committee Aghvan Hovsepyan are striving for his resignation. "Every single
administrative official desires a higher position, which is quite normal",
he said.