Attempts have been made to storm police headquarters - Sasna Dzrer
Sasna Dzrer group reports that the power supply to the police patrol building in Erebuni district is cut off and they have nothing to eat. During this period there have been attempts to storm the police headquarters. On July 17, the police patrol building in Yerevan’s Erebuni district was attacked and seized by an armed group calling itself Sasna Dzrer (Daredevils of Sasun) which is affiliated with the Founding Parliament, a radical opposition group seeking to oust Armenia’s government. Colonel Artur Vanoyan and his friends were on duty inside the Erebuni base when it was stormed by the gunmen. Vanoyan was shot dead and several other police seriously wounded in the attack. The attackers took several police officers hostage, including deputy chiefs of the national police and Yerevan’s police department. The last four hostages were set free on Saturday, July 23, after negotiations held with the Armenian government through Vitaly Balasanyan, a participant of the Artsakh war.
