ArmInfo.Arsen Torosyan, who on January 23 shot at the "Erebuni Plaza" business center is found insane. In an interview with ArmInfo correspondent, Torosyan's lawyer Eduard Aghajanyan said this.
The lawyer said that his client was diagnosed with schizophrenia-paranoia, in connection with which the investigating authority submitted a petition to the court to take another preventive measure against Torosyan. The court decided to transfer Torosyan to the Nubarashensky psychiatric clinic.
To note, on January 23 the police received a signal that an unknown person opened fire at the business center "Erebuni Plaza". Police officers of Armenia went to the scene. After the negotiations, which he personally conducted Police Chief Arman Sargsyan, the attacker Arthur Torosyan surrendered his weapon. He was charged under paragraph 1 of part 2 of article 185 (intentional damage to property committed in a dangerous way) and paragraphs 2, 3, 7 of part 2 of article 218 (hostage-taking, committed with the use of weapons, using violence dangerous to the life or health of two persons ) As a preventive measure, arrest was chosen.