Five people detained by the IC on suspicion of hooliganism, three  others arrested

ArmInfo. The Investigative Committee of Armenia detained five people on suspicion of hooliganism. As the press service of the Armenian Defense Ministry told ArmInfo, at the Nor-Nork police station, paperwork was started on the grounds of Art. 258 Part 1 of the RA Criminal Code - an obvious disrespectful attitude to society and a flagrant violation of public order.

In the IC  they note that due to the measures taken it was found out  that from 10 am on April 20 to 01:30 am on April 21 a group of  people, ignoring the generally accepted administrative norms, moral  and legal norms, as well as the rights and freedoms of other  citizens, showed open disrespect to the society , did not obey the  call of the police to stop the lawlessness. "In connection with this  fact, five people were detained on suspicion of hooliganism: H.  Gevorgyan, N. Nazaryan, H. Khurshudyan, A.  Gharibyan, A. Jabaghyan,"  the RA Defense Ministry said.

Another report of the RA SC reports on the arrest of three citizens  at the crossroads of Mashtots- Tumanyan in Yerevan on the charge of  participation in mass riots on the evening of April 17. "Roughly  violating the public order and showing disrespect to members of  society, young people broke the signs at the crossroads, tried to  break traffic lights and road signs. Then they stoned stones and  metal objects at police cars approaching the scene, applied violence  to the police, interfered with the work of journalists, "the report  said.

According to the investigation, B. Barseghyan (2000), R. Muradyan  (1986) and Z. Baghdatyan participated in rallies and processions held  in Yerevan from April 13, together with other participants of the  meeting, periodically blocked the streets, interrupting  the road  movement. On the day after the march, its participants, including  those three persons indignant at the lawful demands of the police,  did not intend to gather in the French square, went to the  intersection of Mashtots Avenue and Tumanyan Street about 23 hours,  where mass riots began. "By jeopardizing public security, blocking  traffic, destroying and damaging traffic lights, road signs,  billboards, created a real threat to life and health of citizens,  attacked police cars. B. Barsegyan, R. Muradyan and IZ Baghdatyan are  charged under Part 2 of Article 225 of the Criminal Code. The arrest  was chosen as a measure of restraint, "the RA Defense Ministry said.