ArmInfo. Arthur Torosyan, who did the shooting at the Yerevan Erebuni Plaza business center, was transferred to a psychiatric hospital by a court decision for examination. The Investigative Committee of Armenia confirms this information.
To note, on January 23 at 2:40 pm the police received a call that an unknown person opened fire at the business center "Erebuni Plaza". Police officers of Armenia went to the scene. After the negotiations, which he personally conducted Police Chief Arman Sargsyan, the attacker Arthur Torosyan surrendered his weapon. He was charged under paragraph 1 of part 2 of article 185 (intentional damage to property committed in a dangerous way) and paragraphs 2, 3, 7 of part 2 of article 218 (hostage-taking, committed with the use of weapons, using violence dangerous to the life or health of two persons ) As a measure of restraint, arrest was chosen.
To note, Torosyan legally acquired the weapon from a hunting store on January 8. On the day of the incident and hostage taking, Torosyan demanded meetings with head of the office of the former president of the Republic of Armenia Victor Soghomonyan and Kocharyan's son - Sedrak Kocharyan. Moreover, the accused insists that he is not personally acquainted with any of them.