Monday, December 24 2018 16:15

ArmInfo. The police managed to neutralize an Iranian citizen who broke into Mellat Bank this morning with a knife and an electroshock weapon, the press service of the  police informs.

According to the source, on December 24, at 10:15am local time, a  young man penetrated into "Mellat" bank on Tumanyan Street in  Yerevan, who began to make some demands on Iranian, then began to  threaten people with a knife and an electroshock weapon. Then the  young man tried to use a stun gun. Police officers on duty at the  bank quickly responded and defused the offender, and then they were  taken to the central police station.

At the central police station, it was found that the driven person is  a citizen of Iran, his name is Morteza Ghorban Joshoar, born in 1982,  and in Farsi he demanded money from a bank employee. In fact, a  criminal case was initiated under Article 175 of the RA Criminal  Code.

It was also found that on December 21, Joshoa entered one of the  pharmacies and demanded money, threatening with an electroshock  weapon. However, he failed to commit a crime.