Chief architect of Russia’s Vsevolozhski region Eduard Hakobian shot dead

Chief architect of Vsevolozhski region of Russia’s Leningrad province, ethnic Armenian Eduard Hakobian has been shot dead, Russian NTV reports.

The 61-year-old architect was murdered on Tuesday evening with a shot to his head. He was killed near Vsevad company’s office belonging to his wife.

At about 8 pm Hakobian left the office and approached his wife’s car. At that moment people inside the building heard shots, looked out of the window and saw a shot man. Police officials told 47News that the murderer shot at Hakobyan’s chin just once and left calmly.

The architect was transported to hospital where he died without coming into conscious, though ITAR-TASS reports that Hakobian died in the ambulance car.