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    Emil Lazarian
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Authorities search for suspect after bomb attack on police building in Armenian town

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 11:19, 3 August, 2020

YEREVAN, AUGUST 3, ARMENPRESS. Authorities have launched a criminal investigation to identify and apprehend the suspect who detonated an explosive device near the building of the Berd Police Department in the Province of Tavush, Armenia.

The explosion took place around 04:00, August 2, authorities said.

Investigators said the explosion damaged the walls and windows of the police building. No injuries were reported.

Authorities are treating the incident as a “deliberate destruction of property” and “illegal acquisition and possession of firearms or explosives”.

A hand grenade pin has been found at the site of the blast.

Updates:

17:30 – Authorities said they have arrested a resident of Berd, 40, on suspicion of having set off the explosive.

 

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS