
In Yerevan, four police officers were wounded near the Sasna Creer group captured by members of the Sasna Creer group, and Radio Azatutyun reports . Supporters of the opposition threw stones in them, trying to break into the protected territory.
"Citizens tried through the workarounds to get to the guarded zone, as a result of which there was a clash with law enforcement officers. Four police officers were wounded and taken to the hospital. According to preliminary data, they were not a gunshot. These people threw stones towards the police," said Armenian member of the Armenian National Congress, a member of the Armenian National Congress. Pashinyan.
At the proposal of the police, Pashinyan suggested representatives of the two media who lead a direct broadcast from the scene of the event, to go to the territory cordoned out by the police to make sure that the situation was calm and the assault was not undertaken. Upon his return, the deputy said that on the other side of the cordon there is a focus of tension. A group of citizens from the Sari-Ty district approached the cordon zone and tried to break through it.
The police chief of Yerevan Ashot Karapetyan informed reporters that there were no citizens underwent. "The police are hospitalized. The provocateurs tried to pump up the situation. Now everything is calm," he said.
On Tuesday, it was reported that shots were heard from the side of the captured building. According to Pashinyan, one of the participants in the capture of Varuzhan Avetisyan informed him that they expressed the support of the assembled citizens with shooting.
On Sunday morning, a group of activists of the opposition "Constituent Parliament" captured the base of the regiment of the patrol and post service of the police . During the capture of the base, one policeman - Colonel Arthur Vanoyan died. According to updated data, four police officers and one opposition was injured.
Some of the security forces were released. Four police officers remain under the control of the opposition, including the deputy chief of the police of Armenia Vardan Egiazaryan and the deputy chief of the police of Yerevan Valery Osipyan.
Avetisyan announced the beginning of the uprising, and his comrade Gagik Egiazaryan urged the people to take to the streets. “Only under the pressure of the people can you achieve something,” the activist emphasized. He also demanded the release of political prisoners.
On Monday, the authorities provided a telephone conversation with one of the leaders of the "Constituent Parliament" by Girarier Sephilyan, arrested last month on charges of organizing illegal turnover of weapons and ammunition. The release of Sephilyan is the main requirement of the participants in the action. The day before, the security forces refused to bring a policy to the captured base, although they expressed their readiness to organize the opposition to a meeting with him.
In a telephone conversation, Sephilyan left the choice of further actions at the discretion of his colleagues. “Zhirair Sephilyan did not know anything,” said one of the capturing the base, Pavel Manukyan. “I presented the situation, talked about what happened. But he was not in the know, so he said:“ Decide for yourself. ”
On Monday, the first attempt of the opposition to go to Khorenatsi Street , where the captured base was made. However, the police stopped her, while detaining a number of activists. In the future, all the detainees were released.
After the detention, the procession was stopped temporarily - the opposition arranged a seat picket. However, around midnight, the activists again moved to the captured base and at 2 a.m. (1 hour of the night of Moscow time) arrived at Khorenatsi Street. About 200 oppositionists remained there during the night.