Today Armenia is commemorating victims of the terrorist attack in the Parliament, which took place 17 years ago.
Members of the National Assembly (NA) of Armenia on Thursday observed a minute of silence to honor the victims of the terrorist attack.
During a regular session of the National Assembly on October 27, 1999 five armed men rushed into a conference hall of the National Assembly of Armenia and shot the Chairman of the National Assembly Karen Demirchyan, the Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, the vice-chairmen of the National Assembly Yury Bakhshyan, Ruben Miroyan, the deputies Mikael Kotanyan, Heinrich Abramyan, Armenak Armenakyan and the minister of operational issues Leonard Petrosyan.
