Tensions running high at Yerablur military cemetery’s entrance
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YEREVAN, DECEMBER 19, ARMENPRESS. The situation is tense at the entrance of the Yerablur military cemetery where many war veterans, families of fallen troops and others have gathered to prevent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his supporters from entering the pantheon as a sign of protest. Meanwhile, the commemorative march led by the PM and other government officials is already approaching the cemetery.
Police officers are attempting to open the entrance.
The commemorative march is taking place on the first day of the three-day national mourning in honor of the Artsakh war victims.
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