SENIOR HOVANNISIAN AIDE REPORTEDLY INJURED IN SCUFFLE, BROUGHT TO POLICE
VOTE 2013 | 09.04.13 | 21:54
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Armen Martirosyan, the deputy chairman of opposition leader Raffi
Hovannisian’s Heritage party, has reportedly been brought to a
police department as a result of clashes between security forces and
protesters near the presidential headquarters earlier on Tuesday.
Heritage party spokesman Hovsep Khurshudyan told RFE/RL’s Armenian
Service that Martirosyan was taken to the police station at about
7.20 pm, while demonstrators were clashing with police in Baghramyan
Avenue. He said that Martirosyan’s face was in blood at that time.
Footage from the scene shows Martirosyan may have had his nose broken
in the scuffle.
Martirosyan also leads a bloc of parties, Barev Yerevan, in the
Armenian capital’s elections scheduled for next month. He also
survived a stabbing during post-election protests five years ago
when he reportedly protected a police worker from a group of violent
demonstrators.
Reports also say that Andrias Ghukasyan, who initiated a sit-in in
Baghramyan Avenue, has also been brought to a police department.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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