The National Security Service of Armenia presents details on the arrest of Founding Parliament member Alek Yenigomshyan. Within the framework of the criminal case initiated in the National Security Service (NSS) regarding the July 17 ambush and capture of the Police precinct by gunmen, at 19:50 on July 27 citizen of Armenia Ara Alexander V. Komshuyan (Alek Yenigomshyan) was detained and later arrested at 22:30.
Alek Yenigomshyan was detained yesterday. His attorney Nikolay Baghdasaryan told 168.am. according to him, Alek Yenigomshyan has been detained in the National Security of Armenia (NSS), within the investigated criminal case. In his words, they applied to the Ombudsman to record the violations. Currently Alek Yenigomshyan is in the detention cell.
Crucial and weak points of our consciousness will appear in the decision of this crucial issue. It’s necessary to show the roughest mistakes made during establishment of a national state, which they started to build yet in 1918, and which was deprived of security strategy. This is what the Second Republic was like. Now about the third one.
Pavel Manukyan, member of “Sasna Tsrer” group, declared a hunger strike. His attorney Inessa Petrosyan told this 168.am. This night Pavel Manukyan and his son Aram Manukyan have been wounded as a result of a skirmish in the territory of the police station and have been transported to Erebuni Medical Center. Accusation was brought, the court has already approved the decision on arrest of Aram Manukyan.
“I don’t observe direct role of external actors in these developments, however, this doesn’t mean that they won’t make use of the situation and initiate some processes to realize their interests. Traditionally any internal political shaking in Armenia is automatically identified with Russia, on account of power and influence of that state in Armenia. However, this, maybe is the first case, when Russia didn’t need such developments on account of leading political interest in Artsakh issue and the unhidden intention to accelerate the settlement process.”
RA Ministry of Health published photos of doctors taken as hostages by the gunmen–Margaryan Malina, Khechoyan Salvador, Tonoyan David and Tevanyan Norayr. Earlier members of the armed group took the abmulance brigade as hostage, which arrived in the territory of the Police patrol regiment.
The Healthcare Ministry issued a statement: “It is a worldwide unacceptable, condemnable phenomenon when an attempt is being made to raise a hand towards the professionals while they are conducting their humanitarian mission.”
Ashot Aharonyan, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the RA Police, in a talk with 168.am urged to rely only on clarified, official information, “Information provided by the user you mentioned throughout last 10 days, didn’t correspond to the reality. I call to refrain from disseminating inaccurate information.”
How wounded Pavel Manukyan and his son were moved to the intensive care unit
“The relatives of the wounded have also urged to take them to hospital. The law enforcement provided all the necessary conditions. Later the gunmen called the doctor stating that the conditions of the wounded are critical, and after the doctors arrived in the Police station, they have been held hostages by the gunmen.”
