FOUR POLICE OFFICERS ACCUSED OF BEATING CITIZENS IN 1.5 YEAR AFTER MARCH INCIDENTS IN YEREVAN
ArmInfo
2009-08-28 11:18:00
ArmInfo. Special Investigation Service of Armenia charges four police
officers on August 27 under the criminal case on the incidents on
March 1 2008 in Yerevan.
Prosecutor General’s Office press-service reported that the above
policemen are accused of beating citizens in the Republic Square and
Mashtots Avenue on March 1 2008. In particular, officers of the Patrol
Service of Yerevan G.
Haroutiunyan, G. Ghukasyan, A. Manukyan and G. Grigoryan are
charged with Article 309.2 of the Armenian Criminal Code. Operative
investigation agency is charged to identify the civilians subjected
to beating by the above officers.
To recall, ten were killed and hundreds were injured during the mass
unrest on March 2008 in Yerevan after the presidential election.