ArmInfo. Armenian Ombudsman Anahit Manasyan has launched an investigation into the detention of activist Narek Samsonyan by law enforcement agencies using disproportionate brute force. Although, according to the Investigative Committee of Armenia, Samsonyan is only suspected of committing hooliganism.
According to the press service of the Defender of Rights, representatives of the Rapid Response Group of the Ombudsman's Office went to the police station of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia.
Footage of the detention of opposition activist Narek Samsonyan by law enforcement officers was circulated on social media a few minutes ago. In the video, a group of people, some in civilian clothes, and some in police uniforms and masks (which in itself is illegal - ed.) crowd attack and knock Samsonyan down, as a particularly dangerous and armed criminal, literally driving his face into the asphalt.