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Armenian gunmen surrender
Parliament attackers turn in weapons, release hostapj tgf
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Nationalist gun
men whose attack on parliament killed eight top
Armenian officials, including the prime minis
ter turned in their weapons and surrendered
yesterday, freeing the dozens of hostages they
had held during their overnight siege.
Hundreds of police and army troops with ar
mored personnel carriers had surrounded the
parliament building in the former Soviet re
public throughout the night, and authorities
had been considering using special forces to
end the standoff with the five attackers.
The takeover at the parliament building
ended after President Robert Kocharian
promised the gunmen a fair trial and a record
ed statement bv their leader was broadcast on
national television.
“We wanted to save the Armenian people
from perishing and restore their rights,” Nairi
Unanian, an ardent nationalist and ex-journal
ist, said in the recorded statement. “Those re
sponsible for robbing the country must face tri
al along with us.”
Armenia, like many ex-Soviet republics,
has been mired in economic chaos for years,
stuck between the failed Soviet system and
largely unsuccessful efforts to build a market
economy.
Corruption is rampant, with some officials
allegedly diverting public funds.
The gunmen released some 40 hostages and
handed in weapons to police before being es
corted from the building with at least one
hostage to ensure their safety.
The freed hostages, mainly government offi
cials and lawmakers, were checked by doctors.
The prosecutor-general filed charges of ter
rorism and attempting to weaken state power
against the gunmen.
The charges carry a prison sentence of 10 to
15 years in prison, or the death penalty —
though there has been a moratorium on capi
tal punishment since 1994.
Kocharian said the nation would be in
mourning from Friday through Sunday, the day
when the victims are to be buried.
During his taped address, Unanian accused
the government of Kocharian and slain Prime
Minister Vazgen Sarkisian of allowing the
country to disintegrate.
He also accused the country’s elite of bleed
ing the economy dry with corruption and
called for a national renewal to restore pride
and prosperity.
He said he had not wanted to kill anybody, just
to scare lawmakers. But earlier he said the killing
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Russians, Chechens
face off near capital
GROZNY, Russia (AP) — Russ
ian soldiers battled Chechen fight
ers for control of a key hill over
looking the Chechen capital while
jets and artillery pounded targets
around the breakaway republic
yesterday.
Russia’s defense minister said
his troops would never leave
Chechnya, while a leading
Chechen warlord vowed to
avenge slain civilians with terror
ist attacks against Russia.
Plumes of black smoke dotted
Grozny’s skyline as Russian shells
slammed into parts of the city,
shattering buildings and starting
fires.
Russian jets bombed several
villages, and eyewitnesses report
ed heavy airstrikes against
Achkoi-Martan, about 15 miles
southwest of Grozny.
Russian bombs hit a funeral
procession in Stariye Atagi, about
10 miles south of Grozny and
wounded three elderly mourners,
residents said.
A major battle was being fought
for Yastrebinaya Hill, which towers
about 850 feet above the outskirts
north of Grozny.
In the east, Russian troops forced
their way into the outskirts of Gud-
ermes, Chechnya’s second-largest
city, 20 miles east of Grozny. Guder-
mes lies along the main road leading
to the republic of Dagestan.
Chechen Vice President Kazbek
Makhashev said yesterday that 223
civilians had been killed in Russian
airstrikes since Wednesday. There
was no way to independently con
firm the claim, although medical
workers reported numerous civil
ian casualties.
2 killed in Blue Angels crash
MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga.
(AP) — A jet from the Navy’s Blue
Angels precision flying team
crashed during a training flight yes
terday while trying to land under
clear skies. Both people aboard
were killed.
The F/A-18 Hornet went down
around midday on a farm near
Moody Air Force Base in southern
most Georgia, plowing into a stand
of pines. The Blue Angels were
scheduled to perform at the base
this weekend.
“They were coming in to land,
practicing arrival maneuvers,
when this happened,” Pentagon
spokesperson Ken Bacon in Wash
ington said. “We don’t know what
caused it.”
Killed were Lt. Commander
Kieron O’Connor, 35, of Bur-
tonsville, Md., and Lt. Kevin
Colling, 32, of Castle Rock, Colo.
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