Police have detained the person they believe is responsible for vandalizing gravestones of the heroes at the Yerevan Yerablur Military Pantheon. Since early Thursday numerous war veterans, reporters and lawmakers visited the military cemetery after a Facebook video showed soldiers’ tombstones vandalized by what appeared to be melted candles.
According to the Police statement, the suspect is identified as 51-year-old woman living in Yerevan who was detained in the cemetery of Ashtarak town, observed while exhibiting a strange behavior.
As the detained woman explained to the law enforcement, she had poured candle wax on gravestones on number of cemeteries in capital Yerevan and adjacent settlements what she described as “to remove a curse”.
The details of the incident are being clarified with police investigating the matter.