ArmInfo. The police managed to neutralize an Iranian citizen who broke into Mellat Bank this morning with a knife and an electroshock weapon, the press service of the police informs.
According to the source, on December 24, at 10:15am local time, a young man penetrated into "Mellat" bank on Tumanyan Street in Yerevan, who began to make some demands on Iranian, then began to threaten people with a knife and an electroshock weapon. Then the young man tried to use a stun gun. Police officers on duty at the bank quickly responded and defused the offender, and then they were taken to the central police station.
At the central police station, it was found that the driven person is a citizen of Iran, his name is Morteza Ghorban Joshoar, born in 1982, and in Farsi he demanded money from a bank employee. In fact, a criminal case was initiated under Article 175 of the RA Criminal Code.
It was also found that on December 21, Joshoa entered one of the pharmacies and demanded money, threatening with an electroshock weapon. However, he failed to commit a crime.