POLICE ARREST 4 YOUNG OPPOSITION ACTIVISTS ON AUGUST 26
Noyan Tapan
Au g 26, 2008
YEREVAN, AUGUST 26, NOYAN TAPAN. At about 1:20 pm on August 26, a
group of policemen detained four young activists of the opposition
in Yerevan’s Northern Avenue and took them to the police station of
Kentron community, spokesman for the Armenian National Congress (ANC)
Arman Musinian announced at a press conference on the same day.
According to him, during the arrest, one of the detainees,
Tigran Arakelian suddenly had a heart problem and was taken to
hospital. However, immediately after his admission to the hospital,
eight policemen arrived there and drove the young man to the police
station, despite his poor health. A. Musinian said that T. Arakelian
is a member of the youth wing of the Armenian National Movement
(ANM). He found it difficult to give the names of the three other men.
The head of the ANM’s youth wing Karen Karapetian told reporters that
yesterday evening an old man suddenly attacked a young activist of
the opposition and stabbed him in the hand.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
