27 PEOPLE DETAINED ON SUSPICION OF PARTICIPATION IN MARCH 1 MASS DISORDERS IN YEREVAN

arminfo
2008-03-06 10:14:00

ArmInfo. As of March 5, a total of 27 people have been detained on
suspicion of participation in the March 1 mass disorders in Yerevan,
Press-secretary of Armenian Prosecutor General Sona Truzyan said at
a press-conference, Wednesday.

She noted that charges were brought against 26 more persons under
4 articles of the Armenian Criminal Code: 225, 226-prim, 316 and
300. They are accused of application of violence threatening the
health and lives of policemen, appeals not to obey the demand to stop
the illegal mass activities, as well as provoking and organizing mass
disorders, calls for forced take-over of state power. Truzyan recalled
that a group 50 investigators under the Special investigation service
was set up to investigate the March 1 disorders in Yerevan. The
criminal cases concerning the March 1 mass disorders and their
organizers are combined in one procedure. The investigation group
includes investigators from various investigation bodies, including
the National Security Service and the Defense Ministry.

Truzyan noted that pretrial investigation bodies have all the necessary
information allowing to trace the whole picture of the events. Photo-
and video- materials were collected and studied, over 200 witnesses
were questioned. "One can say on the basis of the received materials
that the disorders were planned in advance and controlled from one
center", she stressed. Truzyan also noted that measures are being
taken to find the robbed things and return them to their owners. She
didn’t rule out the possibility that criminals took advantage of the
March 1 night unsteady situation. "Most part of the robbed things
have already been found and returned to their owners", Truzyan said.