ArmInfo.Arsen Torosyan, who on January 23 shot at the “Erebuni Plaza” business center is found insane. In an interview with ArmInfo correspondent, Torosyan’s lawyer  Eduard Aghajanyan said this.

The lawyer said that his client was diagnosed with  schizophrenia-paranoia, in connection with which the investigating  authority submitted a petition to the court to take another  preventive measure against Torosyan. The court decided to transfer  Torosyan to the Nubarashensky psychiatric clinic.

To note, on January 23 the police received a signal that an unknown  person opened fire at the business center “Erebuni Plaza”. Police  officers of Armenia went to the scene. After the negotiations, which  he personally conducted Police Chief Arman Sargsyan, the attacker  Arthur Torosyan surrendered his weapon.  He was charged under  paragraph 1 of part 2 of article 185 (intentional damage to property  committed in a dangerous way) and paragraphs 2, 3, 7 of part 2 of  article 218 (hostage-taking, committed with the use of weapons, using  violence dangerous to the life or health of two persons ) As a  preventive measure, arrest was chosen.