ACCORDING TO PROSECUTOR GENERAL, EXAMINATION OF CASE INSTITUTED ON FACT
OF LATEST EVENTS IN YEREVAN TO BE FINISHED VERY QUICKLY
YEREVAN, MARCH 7, NOYAN TAPAN. The examination of the criminal case on
the fact of the events that happened in Yerevan lately will be finished
very quickly and will be sent to the court. Aghvan Hovsepian, the RA
Prosecutor General, stated at the March 7 press conference. In his
words, 53 people have been detained on the case, an accusation has been
brought against them, another 16 people have been arrested, nearly 350
witnesses have been interrogated. The Prosecutor said that the
witnesses testified how the clubs, metal poles, subjects made for
inflicting bodily injuries, alcoholic drinks intended for raising the
fighting-efficiency and courage of the assault groups were brought.
Aghvan Hovsepian emphasized that more than 300 out of 350 witnesses are
rally participants, but a prosecution is being carried out only to the
people, against which there is evidence on committing a crime. In
response to the question of a journalist of whether all organizers will
be called to account, the RA Prosecutor General stated that any person
having committed a crime against the people will be brought to the
court. According to the Prosecutor General, all actions of violations
of the constitutional order, mass disorders, appropriation of the power
by force were carried out under the guidance of an organized group.
Large-scale video materials, material evidence, documents, subjects
have been attached to the criminal case.
According to the Prosecutor General, a phychological diversion was used
to part of the people participating in the rally, through high-class
psychological methods, mechanisms of falsehood. In particular, a young
man was revealed by the law enforcement bodies on March 6, who had sent
SMS messages on existence of more than 50 victims. The RA Prosecutor
General again stated: the number of victims is eight, it is impossible
to conceal the real number of victims in such a small country as
Armenia. He also classed as falsehood the assertion of running over by
a car the rally participants: no citizen had suffered as a result of
running over by a car.
The examination of the case made it clear that the policeman died in
consequence of splinter injuries received by a grenade thrown at the
people, the person having thrown the grenade has not been revealed yet.
Two citizens have died from the splinters of another explosive. The
chemical, military-technical expertise being carried out at present
will clarify the type of the slinters.
The RA Prosecutor General said that the National Movement is indeed a
revolutionary movement, at that, a socialist one, the organizers have
promised a person to give him another’s shop and to another one with
secondary education the post of the Minister of Culture.