Investigative Committee: Criminal case initiated on violence against police officers

On July 20, 2016, materials on infliction of bodily damages to several police officers were received from Police in Yerevan Investigative Department of the Armenian Investigative Committee, the official website of the Committee reports.  

"Through examination of the prepared materials it was found that on July 19, 2016 at about 20:00 at the junction of Glinka and Vormnadirner Streets adjacent to M. Khorenatsi Street of Yerevan a group of persons used violence against police officers performing their official duties by throwing stones and other hard items towards them. As the result of the violence 6 police officers with different bodily injuries were taken to medical center.  

Considering that in the materials there are apparent crime features envisaged by the Part 2 of the Article 316 of RA Criminal Code that is violence dangerous for health against a representative of authorities concerned with performance of his official duties, a criminal case was initiated in Yerevan Investigative Department. An investigatory-operative group was formed.  

6 police officers were found as injured party and interrogated. During preliminary investigation of the criminal case the videos on the incident available on the internet were downloaded and examined, the relevant subdivisions of the police were tasked to take measures to identify the persons captured in the video who had inflicted bodily injuries to police officers, as well as to find and bring them to the investigative body.  
Urgent investigative actions are conducted to provide the comprehensive, unbiased and complete investigation of circumstances of the case," the source says.