There are also credible data according which those bottle bombs were designed for breaking through the police cordon in Khorenatsi Street, breaking into the zone of implementing special measures and taking possession of the firearms seized by the armed group members.
“In the evening of July 25 from 20:00 to 24:00 the gunmen firstly torched the Police bus which was out of the Police precinct’s territory, then they took and torched another two vehicles outside the Police precinct regularly opening fires during that period. At 01:00 the police “UAZ” vehicle went out from the Police precinct and moved towards the Police’s Erebouni station.”
The Investigative Committee continues the preliminary investigation on the July 20 riots. Based on evidence, charges were filed against six people for taking part in the mass disturbances (Criminal Code Article 225, Point 2), destruction of property and violence against police officers.
The National Security Service of Armenia on July 25 has sent a call to the gunmen, who stormed the Police HQ on July 17, making it available for them. The text was published by Ashot Aharonyan, Head of the Public Relations and Press Department of the Armenian Police, on Facebook.
The statement says that President Sargsyan personally will be responsible for possible bloodshed and urges to supply the group with food, water and medicine as well as medical assistance. They urged the people of Armenia to gather on Khorenatsi Street to determine the future actions.
Delivering his speech on Khorenatsi street, Founding Parliament member Alek Yenigomshyan said, to shake the movement the leadership was applying to the policy of lie. And he denied V.Balasanyan’s statement that “Sasna Tsrer” group is going to lay down the arms. Yenigomshyan also denied the statement by Vitaly Balasanyan, according to which Jirair Sefilian doesn’t demand Serzh Sargsyan’s resignation anymore, “Vitaly Balasanyan distorted the reality. I was also present during that talk and that expression is out of the context,” Yenigomshyan said.
Today prior to the press conference in the building of Police patrol regiment we observed how the policemen were taking food for the members of Founding Parliament initiative and “Sasna Tsrer” group to the territory.
The members of the armed group in the police regiment are now directly guiding and coordinating the activities their accomplices outside to incite clashes, chaos and criminal activities endangering the lives and health of the citizens.
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“I definitely see solution to this issue, for this very reason I’m here with my teammates to talk to the Police and say that it’s time to bring the issue to the political community and attempt to give political solution to the issue,” Vartan Oskanian, former FM, head of newly-formed “Consolidation” political party, told reporters in Khorenatsi Street.
