Thirteen people went on trial Thursday for involvement in the 1999 assassination of Armenia’s prime minister, parliamentary speaker and six other officials in a brazen attack on the parliament building. Hundreds of people, including slain Prime Minister Vazgen Sarkisian’s brother Aram, gathered outside the Appeals Court building in central Yerevan. Some carried signs saying “Death to the monsters!” The four accused ringleaders of the attack, including brothers Nairi and Karen Unanian, face seven charges, including treason. Sarkisian, parliamentary speaker Karen Demirchian and six others were killed when five gunmen burst into the parliamentary chamber on Oct. 27, 1999. Nine people were wounded in the attack, and the group threatened to kill 40 hostages they held through the night.
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