ARMENIA’S POLICE DENIES SHOOT-OUT NEAR "SHANT" CONFECTIONERY IN YEREVAN

ARKA News Agency
Aug 3 2007
Armenia

YEREVAN, August 3. /ARKA/. The RA Police Department has refuted the
information on shoot-out near the "Shant" confectionary plant.

According to Lieutenant General Hovhannes Hunanian, not firearms,
but a gas-spray pistol was used.

"A security officer fired three shots with a gas-spray pistol which
he keeps on legal grounds," Hunanian said.

According to him, a scuffle took place near the plant, and the
participants were brought to the Police Office. Facts of the case
are being investigated.