Yerevan police apprehend suspect in Mahatma Gandhi statue vandalism

Emil Lazarian 2021

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 12:25, 4 May, 2021

YEREVAN, MAY 4, ARMENPRESS. Armenian police said they have identified and detained a man who is suspected in vandalizing the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Yerevan on April 29.

Police said the suspect is a 61-year-old man from Yerevan.

The suspect was taken to a police station for questioning where he confessed in his testimony in vandalizing the statue.

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