RA Investigative Committee prosecutes three people following incident  at St. Anne`s Church involving Armenia`s premier 

ArmInfo. The Investigative Committee (IC) of Armenia has opened a criminal case against three individuals following an incident that occurred during a liturgy at St. Anna Church in Yerevan, where Armenian Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan was attending his election campaign.

According to the Investigative Committee's press service, the  criminal case was opened under Part 1 of Article 297 (hooliganism)  and Part 3 of Article 452 (interference with the activities of an  official) of the Criminal Code of Armenia.

It should be noted that the incident occurred on March 29, which is  Tsaghkazard (Palm Sunday - ed.) in Armenia. On that day, the Armenian  prime minister, while campaigning in Yerevan, entered St. Anna Church  accompanied by State Security Service (SSS) officers and  representatives of the ruling Civil Contract party. As security  personnel cleared a path for Pashinyan, some of those present  expressed outrage at being pushed and shoved during the liturgy.

According to footage circulating on Armenian social media, one of the  worshippers demanded that a member of Pashinyan's security detail  "stop looking at him like that," while another swung his arm and  attempted to hit Pashinyan. However, he was unable to do so, as  security personnel blocked his path.  Some of the worshippers shouted  at Pashinyan, "Do you need to desecrate everything?" and demanded  that he leave the church. Meanwhile, the Armenian prime minister  walked smiling and attempted to distribute pins with a map of Armenia  to the worshippers.

After Pashinyan and his entourage left the church, law enforcement  officers arrived and detained two young men. Furthermore, footage was  also circulated online of a security officer violently punching a  young man in the face after he expressed dissatisfaction with  Pashinyan's presence at the service. The blow was so powerful that  the young man fell and, after rising, struggled for a long time to  recover.

It was later revealed that two of the detainees were brothers David  and Mikael Minasyan, both students at Yerevan Secondary School No.  29. According to journalist Suzi Badoyan, they were taken to the  pretrial detention center late that night and are still being held  there. The health of one of the brothers, Mikael Minasyan,  deteriorated on the day of his arrest, according to the journalist.  Minasyan has health issues.

It should be noted that this is not the first time that Pashinin's  presence or behavior during the liturgy has provoked outrage among  believers who do not support the anti-church campaign launched by the  prime minister since May of last year.