Four policemen charged in relation to March 1 events
28-08-2009 22:00:00 | Armenia | Politics
YEREVAN, AUGUST 28, NOYAN TAPAN. Charges were brought
against four policemen on August 27 under the criminal case
investigated by the RA Special Investigation Service in
connection with acts of violence committed against citizens in
Republic Square and Mashtots Avenue (near the market) in Yerevan
on March 1, 2008.
Given the public's interest and in response to the
inquiries of the mass media, we inform that policemen of the RA
Police Yerevan Department G. Harutyunian and H. Ghukasian were
charged under Article 309 Part 2 of the RA Criminal Code for
committing violence against a citizen, beating him with a rubber
baton considered a special weapon in Republic Square on the
morning of March 1, 2008.
The investigators also established the identities of the
policemen who committed violence against two citizens near the
market in Mashtots Avenue, according to a videotape presented
to investigators. Based on the evidence obtained, policemen of
the RA Police Yerevan Department A. Manukian and G. Grigorian
were charged under Article 309 Part 2 of the RA Criminal Code.
The operative search bodies were again instructed to
establish the identities of the citizens subjected to violence
by policemen.