PERSONS ACCUSED OF PREPARATION OF TERRORIST ACT SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 9
SENTENCED TO 1-YEAR IMPRISONMENT FOR ILLEGAL KEEPING OF WEAPON
YEREVAN, August 12 (Noyan Tapan). The court of the first instance of
the Kentron and Nork Marash Communities of Yerevan presided over by
judge Pargev Ohanian sentenced Gevorg Mesropian and Artur Mangasarov
living in Moscow to 1-year imprisonment according to the August 3
verdict. The judge presided over on this case reported to NT’s
correspondent that, according to the verdict, the defendants are
accused only of the illegal keeping of weapon, and the court
recognized them guilty of it. To recap, the case was instituted by the
RA Prosecutor General’s Office on the basis of the illegal keeping of
weapon and the preparation of the terrorist act. According to the
statement made by the RA Prosecutor General’s Office, the
investigation brought to light that one of the RA oppositional MPs
with his confederates ordered a terrorist act in early April of
2004. As a result, the actions would have been committed with the
application of weapon that would bring to socially dangerous
consequences. The purpose of all of this is to violate public
security, intimidate the population and fulfill other illegal
demands. It was noticed in the statement of the Prosecutor General’s
Office that MP Smbat Aivazian, a member of the political board of the
“Hanrapetutyun” (“Republic”) Party, is a paymaster of the terrorist
act during the oppositional rally held in Freedom square on April 9.