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POLICE STATEMENT: POLICE DETAINS GAGIK JHANGIRYAN
Lragir
13:04:31 - 24/02/2008
The Police of Armenia released a statement at night. It runs that the
department of organized crime of the police received a report that the
people in the black BMW X5 and silver VAZ 21010 cars are armed and
intend to destabilize the situation in the capital, the police
statement runs.
On February 23 at about 11 pm the officers of the department stopped
the mentioned cars, and the people in the cars resisted, during which
the gun of the police officer Rafik Muradyan shot, and the officer of
the same department Gevorg Malkhasyan, officer of the 3rd department
Tigran Karapetyan and Vardan Jhangiryan who resisted received light
injuries. The police detained the ex-deputy prosecutor general Gagik
Jhangiryan, Vardan Jhangiryan, Karen Hovanisyan and Levon Poghosyan,
the police statement runs.
According to the statement, Gagik Jhangiryan had a CZ 75 revolver made
in Czech, Vardan Jhangiryan carried a PSM revolver, Karen Hovanisyan
had a Makarov revolver. The policemen also found a hunting rifle, a
Browning revolver, a knife, handcuffs and body armor. Vardan Jhangiryan
has been arrested, and charges were brought against him.
Lragir
13:04:31 - 24/02/2008
The Police of Armenia released a statement at night. It runs that the
department of organized crime of the police received a report that the
people in the black BMW X5 and silver VAZ 21010 cars are armed and
intend to destabilize the situation in the capital, the police
statement runs.
On February 23 at about 11 pm the officers of the department stopped
the mentioned cars, and the people in the cars resisted, during which
the gun of the police officer Rafik Muradyan shot, and the officer of
the same department Gevorg Malkhasyan, officer of the 3rd department
Tigran Karapetyan and Vardan Jhangiryan who resisted received light
injuries. The police detained the ex-deputy prosecutor general Gagik
Jhangiryan, Vardan Jhangiryan, Karen Hovanisyan and Levon Poghosyan,
the police statement runs.
According to the statement, Gagik Jhangiryan had a CZ 75 revolver made
in Czech, Vardan Jhangiryan carried a PSM revolver, Karen Hovanisyan
had a Makarov revolver. The policemen also found a hunting rifle, a
Browning revolver, a knife, handcuffs and body armor. Vardan Jhangiryan
has been arrested, and charges were brought against him.