IN ARMENIA CHARGES WERE BROUGHT AGAINST 59 FOR PARTICIPATING IN DISORDERS
KarabakhOpen
11-03-2008 10:47:16
As of March 8 charges were brought against 59 as the Special
Investigation Service of Armenia is investigating the case of
mass disorders aimed at usurpation of power and violation of the
constitutional order. The Regnum news agency reports referring to the
Office of Prosecutor General of Armenia the people have been revealed
who provoked and organized mass disorders, a number of organizations
have been revealed through which the actions were organized and
coordinated, aimed to destabilize the home political situation in
the country. According to the Office of Prosecutor General, the
participants of the disorders were encouraged materially. People who
spent the night on the Square of Freedom got 5-10 thousand drams (USD
17-33), food and drinks. According to the information of the Office,
they were given metal sticks, petrol in 20 l canisters, as well as
blue flammable liquid in bottles.
The Office claims that there were people in charge of people from each
region of Armenia. The wanted Member of Parliament Sasun Mikayelyan
financed the inhabitants of Hrazdan and the adjacent villages for
staying on the Square of Freedom, his companion, a certain Gor,
was in charge of recruitment, runs the release of the Office of
Prosecutor General. Armen Alexanyan, a participant of the meetings
of the opposition, inhabitant of Tsaghkadzor, told that "Sasun
Mikayelyan supported and fed the people from the town of Hrazdan
and the villages," gave them 5 thousand drams for each night through
Bareghamyan and Gor. "Besides, Mikayelyan gave clear instructions to
seize power at any price," runs the source.
Bareghamyan and Gor have been detained. Besides, one of the
participants of the disorders of March 1 has been revealed who
had beaten severely Colonel Lieutenant Marat Manukyan, head of the
department of crime investigation of Gugark. According to the results
of the investigation, it is a former policeman Christopher Elazyan,
who was taken under custody. The others who beat Colonel Lieutenant
Manukyan have not been revealed yet. As of March 8, 180 policemen
and servicemen, as well as 48 civilians were injured. The number of
casualties is being corrected.