Reuters
April 12 2008
Armenian policeman dies from wounds in March clashes
Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:36am EDT
YEREVAN, April 12 (Reuters) – A policeman has died of wounds
sustained last month during clashes with opposition protesters in the
Armenian capital, a police spokesman said on Saturday.
His death on Friday brings to nine the number of dead in the fighting
on March 1 between protesters armed with iron railings and stones and
police and soldiers wielding batons and firing rubber bullets.
Seven protesters died and two members of the security forces. Police
said the 19-year-old policeman died from a gunshot wound to the neck.
Security forces accused demonstrators of carrying and using firearms.
The demonstrators, who accuse President Serzh Sarksyan of fixing a
Feb. 19 election, have denied this. (Reporting by Hasmik Lazarian;
Writing by James Kilner in Moscow; Editing by Stephen Weeks)