Armenia’s Ministry of Health reports that Davit Tonoyan, one of the emergency medical personnel taken hostage by the Sasna Dzrer armed group last night, has been released.
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Surprisingly, the press office of the Yerevan police cannot say exactly how many people have been detained today near the police security cordon surrounding the police building on Khorenatsi Street on suspicion that they are carrying weapons and explosive devices.
Police have detained Founding Parliament member Alek Yenikomshian and have taken him to the National Security Service for questioning.
Police have detained several people gathered at the site of the seized police building in Yerevan, this according to a Hetq reporter on the scene.
Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) had made the following three demands of the armed group, Sasna Dzrer, that continues to hold hostages at a Yerevan police building it seized on July 17.
Haytayan said that the Sasna Dzrer armed group, which earlier today had taken four emergency ambulance personnel hostage, had asked to speak directly with the minister, and that he ostensibly went to negotiate for their release.
Founding Parliament member Armen Mikayelyan was arrested and charged with illegal arms possession last night while he and his family were returning home from the site of the seized police building in Yerevan, this according to a statement released by the Founding Parliament organization.
An agreement had been reached to hand over an injured rebel. Pavlik (Pavel Manoukyan) went along. The police opened fire, wounding him. Aram, Pavlik’s son, ran to his father and was wounded.
According to the police report, an ambulance was dispatched to the police building seized by the armed group on July 17 to treat two of the group that had been wounded in a firefight last night.
Azerbaijani unmanned drones have been spotted flying over the southern Karabakh Line of Contact according to the NKR Ministry of Defense.
The Sasna Dzrer armed group holding a Yerevan police station since July 17, says several of its members have been wounded and seized by police.
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