ARMENIAN PRESIDENT ADMITTED THAT 3 HUMAN LOSSES MIGHT HAVE BEEN AVOIDED, IF THE POLICE WAS EQUIPPED WITH MODERN SPECIAL MEANS

Mediamax
March 20, 2008

Yerevan /Mediamax/. Armenian President Robert Kocharian stated today
that the law-enforcement bodies of Armenia need better technical
equipment.

Mediamax reports that, speaking at a news conference in Yerevan today,
Robert Kocharian stated that this became one of the most important
lessons of the mass unrest in the capital city on March 1-2.

"We in fact used out-of-date special means. The preliminary results
of the investigation evidence that three human losses among the
civilians might have been avoided, if the used special means were
safer", the Armenian President stated.

All in all, 8 people died in the process of the unrest, including
one police officer.