ACCORDING TO LATEST DATA, 31 DETAINED AND 59 ARRESTED AMONG PEOPLE BROUGHT TO POLICE DEPARTMENTS

Noyan Tapan
March 13, 2008

YEREVAN, MARCH 13, NOYAN TAPAN. 764 people have been brought to police
departments on suspicions of having taken part in mass disorders in
Yerevan on March 1-2 night, according to March 12 15:30 data, 568
out of whom in regions, 1496 in the capital, 59 people have been put
under arrest, 31 have been detained and 513 set free. This statement
was made by Sayat Shirinian, the Head of the Public Relations and
Information Department of the RA Police, at the press conference,
which was held on March 12. Within the frameworks of the filed case,
the materials concerning 62 people have been sent to the prosecutor’s
office, 4 to the National Security Service, and those of 14 people
to the Administrative Court for settling the issue on submitting
to administrative responsibility. 19 people have been sent to
narcological dispensaries, the decisions of medical commission of
experts have not been received yet, the data concerning 72 people
are still being checked.

As of this moment, on March 1-2, in general, 203 police collaborators,
including 162 servicemen of the Police forces, received body injuries
of different degrees. 54 received grave body injuries and 43 fire-arms
splinter injuries. As of this moment, 47 people are continuing to
receive treatment.