The state prosecutor in the 2016 Sasna Tzrer case, today, in court, demanded a life sentence for Smbat Barseghyan, accused of killing two police officers during the group’s assault of a Yerevan police station in 2016.

Smbat Barseghyan

Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction Judge Mesrop Makyan is presiding at the trial.

Armen Bilyan

State Prosecutor Petros Petrosyan demanded heavy sentences for the other defendants: Armen Bilyan (21 years), Pavel Manukyan and Sedrak Nazaryan (9 years), Mkhitar Avetisyan and Varuzhan Avetisyan (8 years and 9 months),   Edward Grigoryan, Gagik Yeghiazaryan and Areg Kyureghyan (8 years and 6 months).

State Prosecutor Petros Petrosyan

The case against Arayik Khandoyan, who died during the lengthy trial, was dropped.

Varuzhan Avetisyan

Photos by Narek Aleksanyan