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Armed men led by Nairi Hunanyan carried out a mass shooting at the Armenian parliament, killing Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan (pictured), National Assembly speaker Karen Demirchyan, and six others.
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1999 terrorist attack in Armenia
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Unicameral legislature of Armenia
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Armenian military commander, politician (1959–1999)
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Karen Demirchyan
Soviet-Armenian politician
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