Today Armenia commemorates victims of the terrorist attack in Parliament, which took place 15 years ago. During a regular session of the National Assembly on 27 October 1999 five armed men led by Nairi Unanyan rushed into a conference hall of the National Assembly of Armenia and shot 8 people.
Chairman of the National Assembly Karen Demirchyan, Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, vice-chairmen of the National Assembly Yury Bakhshyan, Ruben Miroyan, deputies Mikael Kotanyan, Heinrich Abramyan, Armenak Armenakyan and the minister of operational issues Leonard Petrosyan were killed.
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