The enmity of the Sahakyans towards the Khudaverdyans, which began in the 1990s, became more obvious and open after many years under the auspices of the new government. On May 31, 2021, a car accident occurred under unclear circumstances, as a result of which Stepan Khudaverdyan died. The details of the accident have not yet been fully disclosed and the car that hit him has not yet been found. It is unclear how such an accident could have occurred on a straight road. After that, the hostile behavior of the Sahakyans continues. On May 16, 2024, at around 8:00 PM, Stepan Sahakyan, a 29-year-old relative of the Sahakyans, with a group of people met with 24-year-old Hakob Khudaverdyan. Sahakyan, on a trivial occasion, started a verbal altercation over the issue of greeting and suggested continuing the conversation elsewhere. On the same day, at around 10:00 PM-11:00 PM, Stepan, 29, and Ivan Sahakyan, 36, and 24-year-old Hakob Khudaverdyan, along with his 28-year-old cousin Vahag Vardanyan, went to the area adjacent to the cemetery in the village of Vostan, Ararat region, to provide clarification on the above-mentioned incident. Ivan Sahakyan shot 24-year-old Hakob Khudaverdyan and his 28-year-old cousin Vahag Vardanyan with an illegally kept “PM” “Makarov” pistol. with the aim of unlawfully depriving him of life. He fired two shots, first at Hakob, then at him cousin chest. As a result of the above actions, 28-year-old Vahag died on the spot, and 24-year-old Hakob was taken to the Yerebuni Medical Center with serious injuries.
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