ArmInfo. Armenian national football team players were detained for violence against police officers.
According to the Investigative Committee, on August 30 at 11:20 pm, the police captain presented a information notice stating that on the same day, at 11:15 pm, on the basis of the message received, law enforcement officers went to the Cascade, where they noticed two young people who got involved in a scuffle with two police officers. The aforementioned young people curses for a long time, one of them then tore off the shoulder straps of one of the police officers. The men were detained; their identities were established. It turned out that they are brothers, players of the Armenian national football team. It also turned out that during the quarrel, one of them hit one of the police officers with his fist in the face and injured him.
In connection with the incident, a criminal case was initiated under part 1 of Article 316 (use of violence against a representative of the authorities) and part 1 of Article 258 (hooliganism) of the RA Criminal Code, which was accepted for proceedings. 4 police officers were recognized as victims, a number of persons were interrogated, the clothes of the victims were confiscated, a forensic medical examination was ordered. Football players are detained. The investigation continues.