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Interfax, Russia
November 6, 2013 Wednesday 1:03 PM MSK
Criminal case opened over disturbances in Yerevan, 20 arrested - police
YEREVAN. Nov 6
A criminal case has been opened over clashes between the police and
civil activists during Tueday's protest march in Yerevan.
The case was opened under Part 2, Article 316 (violence against a
person in authority) and Item 1, Part 2, Article 185 (deliberate
property damage by arson, explosives or other dangerous substance) of
the Armenian Criminal Code, the Armenian police press service told
Interfax.
Some 38 persons were detained. Twenty of them were arrested and 18
were held as witnesses.
"The clubs and handmade bombs found at the scene of the clash were
taken to a laboratory for examination. The high-profile case division
of the Armenian police's main investigative department is
investigating the case," the police said.
Activist Shant Arutyunian who had proclaimed his revolutionary
ambitions earlier said he intended "to blow up the residence of the
Armenian president". The Anonymous demonstrators marching along
Mashtots Avenue responded to his words by blowing up bottles with
gasoline. Arutyunian and his supporters also tried to organize a march
towards the presidential residence.
Nine people, including eight police officers and a 16-year-old boy,
were hospitalized after the clash. The boy sustained a brain injury.
"The police urged Arutyunian and his supporters, who were armed with
clubs and metal rods, to abstain from illegal actions but they
disobeyed and tried to block the traffic on Mashtots Avenue. They also
blew up handmade bombs stuffed with stones," the police said.
Arutyunian told the press earlier on Tuesday that he "could not
tolerate the incumbent authorities any longer but he did not wish to
leave the country or commit suicide."
Arutynian's son wearing a bulletproof vest his father put on him
before the protest was amongst the detainees.
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November 6, 2013 Wednesday 1:03 PM MSK
Criminal case opened over disturbances in Yerevan, 20 arrested - police
YEREVAN. Nov 6
A criminal case has been opened over clashes between the police and
civil activists during Tueday's protest march in Yerevan.
The case was opened under Part 2, Article 316 (violence against a
person in authority) and Item 1, Part 2, Article 185 (deliberate
property damage by arson, explosives or other dangerous substance) of
the Armenian Criminal Code, the Armenian police press service told
Interfax.
Some 38 persons were detained. Twenty of them were arrested and 18
were held as witnesses.
"The clubs and handmade bombs found at the scene of the clash were
taken to a laboratory for examination. The high-profile case division
of the Armenian police's main investigative department is
investigating the case," the police said.
Activist Shant Arutyunian who had proclaimed his revolutionary
ambitions earlier said he intended "to blow up the residence of the
Armenian president". The Anonymous demonstrators marching along
Mashtots Avenue responded to his words by blowing up bottles with
gasoline. Arutyunian and his supporters also tried to organize a march
towards the presidential residence.
Nine people, including eight police officers and a 16-year-old boy,
were hospitalized after the clash. The boy sustained a brain injury.
"The police urged Arutyunian and his supporters, who were armed with
clubs and metal rods, to abstain from illegal actions but they
disobeyed and tried to block the traffic on Mashtots Avenue. They also
blew up handmade bombs stuffed with stones," the police said.
Arutyunian told the press earlier on Tuesday that he "could not
tolerate the incumbent authorities any longer but he did not wish to
leave the country or commit suicide."
Arutynian's son wearing a bulletproof vest his father put on him
before the protest was amongst the detainees.
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