In Yerevan, members of the Sasna Tsare group surrendered to the authorities

Armenian authorities call group members terrorists

Armed people from the Sasna Tsrer group, who seized the police building in Yerevan on July 17, lay down their weapons and surrendered to the authorities. 20 people were detained, the Armenian Radio Liberty Service reports .

Earlier on Sunday, the invaders announced their readiness to give up. According to one of the leaders of the group of Varuzhan Avetisyan, after shootings with the police, the group suffered heavy losses.

Avetisyan called the invaders prisoners of war and called on the people of Armenia to "continue the struggle." He emphasized that Sasna Tsrer considers his mission to raise the people to an uprising "completed. The special services of Armenia were called members of the Sasna Tsrer group with terrorists.

After the surrender of the armed group, hundreds of citizens began a procession along the central streets of Yerevan in support of the rebels.

Two weeks ago, the Sasna Tsrer armed group captured the territory of the patrol and pool police regiment in Yerevan. The officer was killed, four police officers were injured. The attackers took seven people hostage and held them for almost a week. Members of the group demanded to free the coordinator of the opposition civil initiative "Constituent Parliament" Giraire Sephilyan.