Police Colonel sentenced to life Imprisonment for attacking HSBC Bank  Branch 

ArmInfo. On December 13, 2024, the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction granted the prosecutor's  motion and sentenced Police Colonel Daniel Danielyan to life imprisonment, who was charged with robbing the HSBC Bank in Armenia and committing murder.

On May 3, 2018, it was reported that at around 2:25 p.m., the police  received a call about an armed robbery at the HSBC Bank branch at the  intersection of Komitas Avenue and Gulbenkyan Street. According to  the police, the attacker, armed with a knife, a grenade and a rifle,  broke into the bank, injuring two employees, one of whom died. After  seizing the cash, the criminal ran away, but was captured shortly  after.  On March 5, 2024, the prosecutor filed a petition to declare  Daniel Danielyan (the head of the center for registering violations  using technical means of the Road Police) guilty of robbery with the  intent of stealing especially large property, murder, attempted  murder, and the unlawful killingof two persons on duty.  Additionally  he was accused of the illegal acquisition, storage, transportation or  carrying of weapons, ammunition, explosives or explosive devices. The  prosecutor requested that the defendant be sentenced to life  imprisonment.