Police detain 5 supporters of Ex-NSS Head at Freedom Square in Yerevan

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Armenia –

Police detain 5 supporters of the ex-National security service head in Yerevan's Freedom Square.

The Armenian police have detained supporters of the former National Security Service head, opposition deputy from the "I have honor" bloc Artur Vanetsyan, who came to the protest action in the center of Yerevan's Freedom Square.

Arsen Babayan, a member of the Homeland Party political council, said that the police brought 5 participants to the rally.

The protesters tried to set up tents, but the law enforcement officers did not allow them to do so. The protesters wanted to block the traffic on the adjacent street, but the police interfered. There was a scuffle between citizens and law enforcers, during which people were arrested.

The former head of the National Security Service of Armenia, head of the opposition parliamentary faction "I have Honor " Artur Vanetsyan started a rally at Freedom Square in Yerevan to fight for Karabakh.