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.”
“According to the law enforcement, other two injured gunmen are in the territory of the Police HQ. Negotiations are underway—the law enforcement attempt to convince, that medical assistance was provided to them as well, however friends of the injured gunmen refuse.”
In the territory of the Police patrol regiment members of the armed group Gagik Yeghiazaryan and Aram Hakobyan have been handed over to the law enforcement. Shooting has been recorded, as a result of which one of the law enforcement was injured, as well as Pavel Manukyan and his son Aram.
