ArmInfo.The court released Pavel Manukyan, a member of the rebel group Sasna Tsrer, on bail of 1 million drams. Thus, Judge Mesrop Makhyan granted the petition of Manukyan's lawyer Inessa Petrosyan and changed the measure of restraint in respect of the latter. Manukyan's relatives transferred the necessary amount to the court account.
We recall that earlier the members of the Sasna Tsrer group Pavel Manukyan and Armen Bilyan stopped the hunger strike. At the trial, Pavel Manukyan stated that the death of his comrade Araik Khandoyan (the Lonely Wolf), who had died of a heart attack the night before, is a great loss. "Out of his 47 years, 30 he spent with arms in his hands, defending his homeland," said Manukyan and called on Bilian to also end his hunger strike. Bilyan, in turn, also stated that Khandoyan's death was a great loss and also ended his hunger strike.
It should be noted that on October 3, during the court session, members of the Sasna Tsrer group Pavel Manukyan and Armen Bilyan went on a hunger strike, demanding to change the measure of restraint against them.
It should be noted that on September 19, before the court hearing in the case of the Sasna Tsrer group, the condition of one of the members of the group in the case of Araik Khandoyan worsened. His lawyer, Ara Ghazaryan, submitted to the court a medical document on the state of health of Khandoyan, requesting for this reason to postpone the court hearing. After that, Khandoyan went to the Erebuni medical center for examination. Khandoyan died on the night of October 9-10, at the age of 47, from a heart attack in the city of Gyumri. Khandoyan was released by the court in the middle of August 2018 under the guarantee of deputies of the Tsarukyan Bloc parliamentary faction.
Recall that on July 17, 2016, a group of armed men infiltrated the territory of the PPS police regiment in Yerevan and held people there. They demanded the resignation of Serzh Sargsyan, then President of the Republic of Armenia, and the release of Zhirayr Sefilyan, the leader of the Constituent Parliament opposition organization, who is under arrest, accused of illegal acquisition and possession of weapons. During the seizure of the PPS regiment and subsequent events, according to official figures, 46 people were injured, of whom 26 were police officers. Three policemen were killed, ten at various times were held by a group, seven of them had gunshot wounds of varying severity. Seven injured - health workers. On July 31, the National Security Service of Armenia announced the surrender of weapons and the arrest of 20 members of an armed group.
In respect of 10 people - members of the rebel group continues the trial. Seven of them were released on bail of deputies, today Pavel Manukyan was released on bail. Armen Bilyan and Smbat Barseghyan are currently under arrest.