RA National Security of Armenia states, that on July 30 and 31 the terror operation on liberation of the territory of the Police patrol regiment is over. Special units of the law enforcement through their consistent and coherent operations made the members of the armed group lay down the weapons and surrender to the authorities. 20 terrorists have been detained. The territory of the Police patrol regiment has been totally liberated.

All members of “Sasna Tsrer” group have been taken from the regiment. Vitally Balasanyan, General, Artsakh hero, NKR NA MP, was the last to leave the territory, who throughout these days was conducting negotiations between Jirair Sefilian and the authorities.

Member of “Sasna Tsrer” armed group Varuzhan Avetisyan minutes ago told 1.in.am, that they’ll lay down the weapons at 20:00 and leave the territory of the police precinct.

Gunmen are waiting for Jirair Sefilian’s final words: the latter should say his final words—lay down the weapons and surrender or continue the struggle? Based on information at the disposal of 168.am, to all probabilities, the issue will be finally settled.

Members of the armed group Ruben Grigoryan and Gevorg Melkonyan have been taken from the territory of the police precinct. In the footage they are providing details on a bare appearance among the group and leaving it.

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.”