Armenia president says to use army against protesters

Armenia president says to use army against protesters

Reuters, UK
March 1 2008

Sat Mar 1, 2008 4:43pm EST

YEREVAN (Reuters) – Armenian President Robert Kocharyan vowed on
Saturday to use the army against protesters occupying the centre of
the capital, saying they were using weapons, Russia’s ITAR-TASS news
agency reported.

Kocharyan said the demonstrators — who have been protesting against
what they say is a rigged presidential election last month — were
shooting at unarmed police.

A Reuters correspondent saw a column of army trucks carrying soldiers
on the main road heading towards the Armenian capital Yerevan.

(Writing by Michael Stott in Moscow, editing by Dmitry Solovyov)