On September 17, 2004 Vrezh Osipyan, who had been identified by Ashot Manucharyan as one of his attackers, and whose picture had been published by Hetq Online and the newspaper Aravot, visited Aravot's editorial office. Osipyan said that he had been in Moscow and two days ago had received a call saying his that his picture was in the papers. He took the first available flight home.
On September 15, 2004 Hetq Online published information one of the men accused of attacking Ashot Manucharyan, a prominent political figure, who was severely beaten on April 22, 2004. Manucharyan had identified an attacker, named Vrezh, and Hetq printed the man's picture.
On April 22, 2004 at about 1:00 in the afternoon, Ashot Manucharyan, a prominent political figure, was the victim of a murderous assault on Tumanyan Street in the center of Yerevan .