A criminal case of hooliganism was initiated in the Military Police regarding the incident related to the bus transporting conscripts. This was reported by the Public Relations Department of the RA Prosecutor General’s Office.

A criminal case was initiated in the military police regarding the fact, according to the features of Article 258, Part 3, Clause 1 of the RA Criminal Code (hooliganism, which was combined with violence against a person or the threat of violence, as well as destruction or damage to another’s property, by a group of persons); Prosecutorial supervision is carried out by the Military Prosecutor’s Office.

The RA police also issued a clarification regarding the incident of the bus transporting conscripts, noting that the police should escort groups of conscripts from the military commissariat in Yerevan to the republican assembly station, and in marzes to the end of the city line.

“Today, a video of how a group of young people stopped the bus transporting conscripts and started a fight was published in the media.

After the publication of the video, some social media users were quick to blame the police for why the bus was not escorted by a police contingent.

We announce that the Government of the Republic of Armenia dated 29.10.2018 According to Resolution 1337-N, the police must escort groups of conscripts from the military commissariat in Yerevan to the republican assembly station, and in marzes to the end of the city line…

The bus transporting the conscripts from Kotayk marz was escorted according to the established procedure until the end of the settlement, that is, according to the procedure, the police could no longer continue the escort to the assembly station.

We should also add that materials are being prepared in the military police regarding the incident, and immediately after the publication of the video, the RA police is cooperating with the military police partners to verify the identity of the participants in the incident and find them.”

The website Armtimes.com shared a video showing how a group of people stopped a bus carrying conscripts, kicked the doors of the bus, shouted curses, and then a scuffle broke out.