Thursday, May 30 2019 11:50

ArmInfo.There are no gangs in Artsakh. This is how David Babayan, press secretary of Artsakh President, responded to the wording in the statement of the office of  former Artsakh Defense Army commander Samvel Babayan, who called the  people who attacked their comrades on the Sevan-Martuni highway "a  famous Artsakh gang".

"There are no gangs in Artsakh, and there can not be any. I believe  that the armed attack on Samvel Babayan's comrades-in-arms on the  Sevan-Martuni route should be carefully studied, so that everything  will be officially clarified for everyone, if there are guilty  people, they must be punished. It is not clear what happened there  and who is to blame, you need to find out. If the statements of  Babayan's office are true, and there are perpetrators who violated  the law, then naturally no one should enjoy the privileges.  Only  after investigation activities are held meaningful assessment of what  happened can be given. But if they are guilty, they will be punished,  there is no other way, "David Babayan wrote on his Facebook page,  while stressing that both slander and any force intervention in  politics are unacceptable.

Earlier, the office of Samvel Babayan issued a statement stating that  the comrades-in-arms of the former commander of the Artsakh Defense  Army, Samvel Babayan, were blocked on the road on the Sevan- Martuni  highway and fire was opened in their direction. "On May 29, at about  03:30am, on a section of the Sevan-Martuni road, supporters of Samvel  Babayan were followed by a gang known to the Artsakh people.  They  blocked the road and opened fire in their direction. The video  cameras on this section of the road recorded their actions,"  Babayan's office said. It is emphasized that, according to their  data, the attackers are Aleksey Balayan, Roland Aydinyan and Grigor  Mirzoyan, who are patronized by former Prime Minister, head of the  Free Homeland Party, Arayik Harutyunyan.

Meanwhile, <Free Homeland> categorically denied these accusations,  stating that such methods of action do not fit into the principles of  the party.

The Armenian police also made a statement, assuring that they are  already studying the incident.