Eight killed in Armenian protests – police

Sun Mar 2, 2008 7:55am GMT

YEREVAN, March 2 (Reuters) – Eight people were killed during Armenia’s
violent protests overnight and 33 policemen were injured, police said
on Sunday.

The Armenian government declared a state of emergency after the worst
unrest in a decade, sparked by opposition demonstrations against a
Feb. 19 presidential election that opponents said was rigged.

"The circumstances surrounding the deaths are under a military
investigation. We don’t know if they were policemen or protesters,"
the police said in a statement. (Reporting by Margarita Antidze,
writing by Amie Ferris-Rotman)