Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan paid his respects today to mark the anniversary of the October 27, 1999 attack on the National Assembly that killed eight officials including then PM Vazgen Sargsyan and National Assembly Speaker Karen Demirchyan.

Scores were wounded when five gunmen broke into the parliament and opened fire with Kalashnikov AK-47s hidden under their coats.

The attackers, led by former ARF member Nayri Hunanyan, claimed they were carrying out a coup d'état, describing their act as "patriotic" and "necessary for the nation to regain its senses."

Pashinyan, accompanied by government officials and MPs, laid flowers at a memorial, located on the grounds of the parliament, dedicated to the victims.