As reported earlier, medical workers of the ambulance left the police precinct today. At the press conference doctor Norayr Tevanyan and nurse Malina Margaryan replied to the questions.
Yesterday linked to the murder of the police officer an issue was being circulated, whether he was killed from the shot fired from the territory of the police precinct. As a result of investigation of the law enforcement,upon initial data the shooting was fired from the territory of the police precinct, from the roof of […]
The gunmen are demanding the release of jailed opposition leader Jirair Sefilian as well as President Serge Sarkisian’s resignation. Sefilian is accused by the ex-Soviet state’s authorities of plotting civil unrest. He was jailed in June over allegations of illegally possessing weapons. A former military commander, Sefilian has accused Armenian leader Sarksyan of mishandling a long-running conflict between Armenian-backed separatists in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan and Azeri forces.
According to the information at the disposal of 168.am medical workers taken hostage in the police precinct—doctor Norayr Tevanyan and nurse Malina Margaryan, succeeded to escape from the territory. On July 27 the two doctors Norayr Tevanyan and Salvador Khechoyan, paramedic Davit Tonoyan, nurse Malina Margaryan, who came to show medical assistance to the wounded in the police precinct, were taken hostage.
“We don’t want to be the bitch of any superpower”. One thing we learned from the protests in the past were how foreign powers were interested in using them as political tools for their own interests. We need to diplomatically shift away from unipolar geopolitics to one that sees everything in the interests of our homeland.”
“We are following developments with growing concern. We deplore the death of another police officer this afternoon and wish to express our condolences to his family. With a view to the growing risk of escalation, we call on all sides to show maximum restraint from violence and to refrain from provocations. The situation should be resolved and public order restored in compliance with the rule of law.”
Minutes ago one of the demonstrators attempted to set himself on fire on Baghramyan Avenue. Other protesters succeeded to extinguish the fire, however, obviously he has already had serious injuries. The Police car arrived at the scene offering to transport him to the hospital, however, the demonstrator refused to get in. He walked down Baghramyan Avenue, the demonstrators sent the man to the hospital by a taxi.
“Brute, illegal, criminal authorities have been established in Armenia, which may be compared with a crocodile. He have always set the issue, we condemn all the powers, which claim themselves as the opposition, take people to the crocodile’s mouth, and then say—it has bitten. It’s obvious for me, that statements have been heard recently from this platform, authors of which, obviously, didn’t understand what they were speaking. And if they understood what they said, and yet continued speaking, then it’s even a bigger problem.”
Police officer Yuri Tepanosyan was killed from a sniper’s shot on July 30. He was killed as a soldier on the positions. He was killed as a policeman, protecting life and security of the citizens with the price of his life. Yuri Tepanosyan was born in 1986 in Yerevan. In 2003 he left the school, and in the period of 2004-2006 served in RA Armed Forces.
“The latest developments in Armenia’s capital Yerevan, related to the seized Erebuni police station, are very worrying. We call for an immediate release of the medical staff that is being held hostage. At the same time, we reiterate our call on the Armenian authorities to refrain from excessive use of force by the police in handling public manifestations.”
