Man with hammer attacks Armenia opposition movement members at Northern Avenue

News.am, Armenia

An unidentified man on Tuesday attacked members of Armenia’s opposition Liberation Movement, at Northern Avenue in downtown Yerevan, who are carrying out a signature campaign demanding the resignation of PM Nikol Pashinyan. Armenian News-NEWS.am learned about this from the aforesaid movement.

The respective statement added as follows, in particular: "The police on duty on location reacted quickly and isolated the perpetrator. Moreover, the perpetrator had a hammer and other objects with him.

The special police detachment, which arrived at the scene minutes later, apprehended the man who carried out the attacked.

"Two more provocative incidents were recorded on March 15, which [also] were prevented by the police."