Saturday, June 3 2017 12:26

ArmInfo. Special Investigation Service completed the investigation on  the criminal case on Police Patrol Building seizure in respect  to 18 members of Sasna Tsrer  group. 

According to the  information of the press office of Special  Investigations Service, in the result of impartial and comprehensive  investigation of the case it was fetched out that the members of  armed group Tigran Sargsyan, Hovhannes Vardanyan, Aram Hakobyan,  Vardan Geravetyan, Sergey Kujreghyan, Gevorg iritsyan, Tigran  manukyan, Toros Torosyan, Atrhur Melkonyan, Arthur Soghomonyan,  Garnick Hovakimyan, Araik Hakobyan, Martiros Kobyan, AramManoukyan,  Tatul Tamrazyan, Hovhannes Haroutyunyan and others, having a goal to  make the authorities to release Jirair Sephilyan, arrested due to  charges in heavy crimes, on July 17, 2016 attacked the Armenian  Police Patrol Service building. Using KRAZ heavy truck, the persons  mentioned broke the gates of PPS yard and a part of the wall, and  using infantry weapons, captures hostages - PPS officers  and medical  employees. After that they started to demand designations of several  officials and release of Jirair Sephilyan and some other persons. Two  more persons - Vardges Gevorgyan and Manvel Atoyan, tried to join the  group mentioned as well. The members of the group broke  Acba Credit  Agricole Bank ATM machine  and stole an amount forming over AMD  14.300.000. The amount of three hundred thousands was found  in  Atrhur Soghomonyan's shoes. The members of the group burned  4 civil  and 1 military vehicle, which were the assets of the Police Patrol  Service. 

All the members of the group were proposed charges in accordance to  appropriate Articles of RA Criminal code, the statement of Special  Investigations  Service reads. 

To remind, earlier  in April SIS informed that the case investigation  is completed in respect to 15 members of Sasna Tsrer group. 

To recall, on July 17, Artsakh war hero Zhirayr Sefilyan's armed  supporters, who are calling themselves "Sasna Tsrer" (The Daredevils  of Sasun), seized the building of the Patrol-Guard Service Regiment  in Erebuni district of Yerevan. The group was controlling the  building for two weeks and surrendered on July 31. During the events  3 law enforcers were killed, another 6 were injured. Many of the  group members were also wounded during firefighting. 31 members of  the group were arrested under the case.