ArmInfo. The Armenian police issued a statement on the use of violence against members of the Sasna Tsrer group who captured the building of the Police Regiment in July in the Erebuni district of Yerevan.
At the same time, the department notes that for the "suppression of attempts of disobedience", the police applied a commensurate physical force.
Earlier, Araik Khandoyan's lawyer (member of the group "Sasna Tsrer" -Red.) Araik Papikyan stated that his client had been beaten by 15 Policemen. "Khandoyan was most severely abused, he was severely beaten in the courthouse by about 15 people, and as the cell was small, they stood in line, beaten him in turn." The reason was that beaten Areg Kyuregian was dragged by policemen and Khandoyan tried to intercede for him, after which he was beaten by 15 citizens in police uniform, I am sure that he received at least a concussion, as his condition was very difficult, "the lawyer said. According to the human rights activist, Khandoyan received many strikes in the area of the head, kidneys, legs. "By the way, he was beaten for quite a long time," the lawyer said. In addition to Khandoyan, other members of the "Sasna Tsrer" - Smbat Barseghyan, Gagik Yeghiazaryan and Areg Kuregyan were also beaten. The beating, according to the human rights activist, was accompanied by abuse.