Hounan Poghosyan, First Deputy Head of Armenia’s Police, reports that the Russian suspected of killing six members of a Gyumri family early yesterday, told Russian military officials after being captured that he entered the Avetisyan home randomly and that he didn’t even know if anyone was inside.

The suspect, Valery Permyakov, a soldier stationed at the Russian 102nd military base in Gyumri, was captured in the wee hours of this morning some 2,000 meters from the Armenian border with Turkey.

Poghosyan also reports that Permyakov told Russian military investigators that he hadn’t planned on crossing the border and that he was merely hiding in the area.

The deputy police chief says the Permyakov, a 19 year-old who has served six months at the base, clearly   has psychological issues that are evident even during a simple conversation.

Poghosyan adds that Permyakov had disciplinary problems at other bases where he served before being transferred to Gyumri.