Police chief: it was necessary to ensure safety of 2 thousand guests  who arrived at EBRD event

ArmInfo.The concentration of police forces near the opera house is due to the need to ensure the  safety of about 2 thousand guests who arrived at the event of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Chief of the RA Police, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the RA Aram Hovhannisyan told reporters on May 15.

"Let the protesters carry out their action, who is stopping them? The  police stand calmly, do not touch anyone, despite the insults  addressed to them. Pay attention to this," the police chief said,  addressing reporters, pointing, in particular, to the woman who  addressed insults to law enforcement officers. "I was even ashamed  that there are such people among Armenian women," said Hovhannisyan.

Answering the question that 5-6 police officers beat one person, the  police chief assured that an official investigation will be carried  out and if it turns out that law enforcement officers exceeded their  powers, they will be held accountable.

Earlier, one of the eyewitnesses to this incident said that a man,  while walking with his dog, could not get out onto the street he  needed, since everything around him was blocked. "He was walking with  a dog, they didn't let him through at that section, he crossed to the  other side, they didn't let him through at this section either, he  came and stopped at a red light. Suddenly the police, having  exchanged a few words, immediately attacked him, 5-6 people started  beating and cursing the citizen," said an eyewitness.