The 1999 Armenian parliament shooting was an attack on the Armenian Parliament in the capital Yerevan on October 27, 1999 at 5:15 p.m, by a group of armed men led by Nairi Hunanyan that killed Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, Speaker of Parliament Karen Demirchyan, 5 other high-ranking officials and one journalist.
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