Tuesday, July 26 2016 04:14

 Armenian Police have disseminated a statement concerning past night's skirmish in the area of the seized Police Patrol Service Regiment. 

"Members of the armed group that seized the Police Patrol Service Regiment burnt a police bus outside the territory of the Regiment on July 25 in the period from 8:00pm to the midnight local time. Afterwards, another two police cars were driven out of the territory and set to fire. In the given period, sporadic shots were heard from the area.  At about 1:00am on July 26, an UAZ vehicle drove out of the seized Regiment area and headed towards the Police cordon. After the car approached the cordon too close, the police had to open fire at the engine to prevent the threats coming from the armed persons inside the car. The car turned to the left and stopped. The people inside opened fire. In response, the police targeted the tires of the car.  Two of the three persons inside the car were wounded in the legs and had to retreat to the territory of the Regiment building. The law enforcers immediately called ambulances and suggested hospitalizing the wounded, the group members did not object. At the moment, both the wounded, Ashot Petyrosyan and Hovhanness Haroutiunyan, receive treatment at the hospital," the Police say in the statement received by ArmInfo.
In the meantime, the armed group insists that the Police were the first to open fire.