Eduard R. Grigoryan, an Armenian by nationality, born in 1959, previously convicted of 3 years, who served only 9 years 2 months 13 days in prison, is one of the main organizers and participants of the mass riots committed in Sumgait.
The investigation established that Grigoryan Eduard Robertovich, instructed by the emissaries from Nagorno-Karabakh, found a common language with his, like himself, criminally minded neighbors, distributed them alcoholic drinks and special pills that cause aggression in a person. Saying that they had a good chance of robbery and robbery, he led them to the square where a peaceful rally of protest against the Armenian claims to Karabakh was held, where he introduced himself as an Azerbaijani who had arrived from Kafan, telling the rally participants that the alleged Armenians mass extermination of the peaceful Azerbaijani population there, that they brought a whole car of corpses, called on them to take revenge on the Armenians, saying that he had a list and addresses of the Armenians living here, he sent about 100 teenagers and various criminal elements who joined him to the addresses where Armenians lived who refused to transfer money to the funds of the organizations "Karabakh" (committee) and "Krunk" (society), with such slogans as "Karabakh is ours!", "Kill Armenians!", he himself also took an active part in robberies and others crimes, and personally killed 6 Armenians.