What the records say
- When
- 27 Oct 1999
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 40.19° N, 44.51° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Armenian parliament shooting.
Summary
Armenian parliament shooting: Gunmen open fire in Armenia's National Assembly building, killing Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, Parliament Chairman Karen Demirchyan, and six other members.
Armenian parliament shooting
1999 terrorist attack in Armenia
The 1999 Armenian parliament shooting, commonly known in Armenia as October 27, was an attack on the Armenian National Assembly in the capital of Yerevan on 27 October 1999 by a group of five armed men led by Nairi Hunanyan that, among others, killed the two de facto decision-makers in the country's political leadership—Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan and Parliament Speaker Karen Demirchyan.
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