WHETHER THE POLICE OPERATIONS WERE ADEQUATE
Hayots Ashkhar Daily
10 Sep 2008
Armenia
Why is the interim report of the NA committee investigating the March
1-2 events being delayed?
In response to this question of "Hayots Ashkharh", Head of the
Committee SAMVEL NIKOYAN mentioned, "We still need to clarify a couple
of episodes from the incidents that occurred on the Freedom Square
in the morning of March 1. In particular, the conversation is about
the number of the demonstrators.
That is very important for assessing the adequacy of the police
operations because the figures mentioned vary between the ranges of
200-300 to 4000. If there were 200-300 people on the square, then
a question arises as to why 730 policemen were sent to disperse the
crowd and whether there was a disproportional use of forces?"