Epress.am News from Armenia
Andranik Petrosyan, head of the village of Myasnikyan of Armavir marz (province), promised to restore the Yezidi cemetery once the weather is warmer, representative of the Sinjar Yazidi National Union Boris Tamoyan informed Epress.am. According to him, villagers, as well as the entire Yazidi community,will be monitoring the situation so the cemetery is restored.
Representatives of the organization a few days ago went to the village, spoke with the villagers, and the son of the businessman, Seryozha Grigoryan, who caused damage to the cemetery, and they saw the state of the cemetery itself.
According to Tamoyan, the businessman's family denies they destroyed the cemetery. According to Grigoryan's son, while reinstating the vineyard, a few stone slabs were broken, but unintentionally. The Grigoryans denied also that they're relatives of Republican Party of Armenia MP Hrant Grigoryan, a relation that villagers had earlier claimed.
The 22 graves were destroyed 6 months ago, which Sinjar reported at the start of this year.