Earlier this morning Shahumyan Precint Police attempted to break-up a hunger strike now in its second day at the Yerablur War Memorial Cemetery being staged by former Artsakh War veterans. According to Merujan Harutyunyan, one of the protesting vets, a group of 25 -30 police approached the nine hunger strikers earlier this morning and demanded that they pack up and leave the area. Armen Harutyunyan, Armenia's Human Rights Ombudsman, arrived on the scene to assist the strikers in negotiating with the police. The strikers were eventually allowed by Police to continue their protest at the entrance to the Cemetery.