In Yerevan, armed men tried to get into the police station: there are wounded

In Yerevan, three men tried to break into a police building and detonated a grenade. Currently  two of the attackers have been eliminated, the third was detained after several hours of  negotiations. This was reported by News.am, UNN wrote.

Details

The incident occurred around 15:00 Kyiv time. Three men, according to police, used a grenade. As a result, two of them were injured and hospitalized. 

According to police, one of the attackers continued to stand in front of the police station for some time. Law enforcement officers began work to neutralize him.

The special forces of the Armenian National Security Service arrived at the district police station. The negotiations with the armed man lasted more than two hours. The negotiations were personally conducted by Police Chief Aram Hovhannisyan and Chief of the Criminal Police Vardan Vardanyan.

As noted in the local edition 168.am, , the armed man was neutralized as a result of the special forces operation.

Addendum

The incident took place in the northern part of Yerevan in the Nor Nork neighborhood. It is assumed that the attack could have been carried out by members of the "Fighting Brotherhood" organization after more than twenty of their members were detained by police today.

According to journalists, the members of the "Fighting Brotherhood" demanded the release of their members.

However, according to Narek Sargsyan, a spokesman for the Armenian Ministry of Internal Affairs, all members of the "Fighting Brotherhood" who were arrested have been released.

Recall

Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan said that Yerevan has not made a decision to withdraw from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO); the issue of withdrawal of the 102nd Russian military base from the republic has not been raised yet