Identities of the Killed and Wounded Policemen in Yerevan Revealed

Armenian Police colonel Artur Vanyan was killed during the attack of an armed group on the Patrol Police building in Yerevan on July 17. As 168.am reports Deputy head of the Armenian Police Hunan Poghosyan told the journalists that the other wounded among the policemen are colonel Aram Hovhannisyan, vice-colonel Hrach Khosteghyan and junior officer Gagik Mkrtchyan.

Poghosyan added that there are other police officers with lighter injuries.   An armed group has entered the building of the patrol police department in Yerevan and keeps people there with the threat of violence. The official statement of the National Security Service of Armenia runs, “A group of armed people have taken hostage a small group of policemen and in order to release them they demand the release of Jirair Sefilian who was imprisoned with the charges of illegally obtaining, keeping, transporting weaponry. A policeman has been killed, two have been wounded.

In order to stop and disrupt the criminal actions of the armed group that illegally holds the area, the Special Forces have released two hostages. Armenian law enforcement bodies fully control the situation and have undertaken all necessary means to resolve the issue. Meanwhile, the National Security Service calls on the mass media to use the information from official sources, as in case of the contrary that would assist the illegal actions and would pose threat for people’s life and health.”