Preliminary investigation of the criminal proceeding on 3 persons’ murder, causing a person to commit suicide attempt twice, violating the secrecy of personal life, and extortion was completed in Armavir Regional Investigative Department of the RA Investigative Committee. 

Particularly, through preliminary investigation factual data were obtained on the allegation that during 2024 E.N. using the video recording of the intimate life shared with M.B., demanded 500 thousand AMD from her threatening that, if the demand was not met, the video compromising M.B. would be circulated among his relatives and on social media.

Subsequently, during 2025 E.N. transmitted a pornographic video containing information regarding M.B.’s private life to H.B. via the WhatsApp application without M.B.’s consent, thereby making it accessible to other individuals. As a result of the aforementioned actions, M.B. attempted to commit suicide twice.

In addition, on May 26, 2026 at the cemetery area E.N. pursued a fellow villager with whom he had been involved in a dispute, armed with a hunting firearm, and fired shots in his direction, as a result of which the latter died.

After killing the fellow villager E.N. returned to his car and attempted to leave the scene with his mother, however the victim’s brother and father arrived at that moment, and he killed them as well, firing multiple shots.  

Moreover, during the search conducted in E.N.’s apartment in the course of the preliminary investigation of the criminal proceeding, an improvised explosive device was found and seized. 

By the supervising prosecutor’s decision, public criminal prosecution was initiated against E.N. according to the Part 1 of the Article 155 (3 counts), the Part 1 of the Article 335, the Point 3 of the Part 1 of the Article 258, the Part 2 of the Article 204, and the Part 1 of the Article 162 of RA Criminal Code. 

The latter was detained. 

The criminal proceeding with the bill of indictment was referred to the supervising prosecutor for approval and referral to court.