Citizens start march to Artur Sargsyan's funeral parlour (video)
A group of citizens have started a march from the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex to the San Lazar funeral home near Shahumyan cemetery where the funeral of Artur Sargsyan, nicknamed ‘the bringer of bread,’ will be held. The funeral committee reminds everyone that busses will transport citizens to the aforesaid funeral parlour from the territory near the Mergelyan Institute at 12.00, March 22. Artur Sargsyan, nicknamed the “bringer of bread” for taking food to members of the Sasna Dzrer group who seized a Yerevan police building last July and remained barricaded there for nearly two weeks, died on March 16 while being treated at the Armenia Medical Center. He died ten days after being released from prison following a 25-day hunger strike. Sargsyan, 49, underwent urgent surgery at the hospital the previous night. Sargsyan was first arrested last August for aiding the gunmen and released in December because of his deteriorating health condition. He was re-arrested in February 2017 allegedly for not showing up in the hearing of last year’s standoff. Sargsyan began a hunger strike in protest against his detention. He was released from pre-trial detention earlier in March after six MPs from several political parties paid a bail for him in the amount of 3million drams.
