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Arrest warrant for David Minasyan to be published at noon 

Arrest warrant for David Minasyan to be published at noon 

ArmInfo.  The arrest warrant for David Minasyan, one of the twin brothers involved in the incident involving RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, will be published on Wednesday at 12:00 PM. David has been taken to a pretrial detention center, according to his lawyer, Varduhi Elbakyan.

"There is no factual evidence that could convince the court that  David committed the alleged crime," she said, adding that David isn't  even "sure what's happening to him right now."

The lawyer noted that a preventive measure should not be applied  since there is no primary suspicion.  "Considering David Minasyan's  personality, we requested an alternative preventive measure," she  added.  As a reminder, the incident occurred on March 29, Palm  Sunday. A video circulated on social media showing Pashinyan,  accompanied by security guards, heading for the exit during the  liturgy. One of the attendees said, "Don't you dare look at me like  that!" and made a sharp motion toward the prime minister, but his  hand was pulled back by his bodyguards. Later, 18-year-old twin  brothers David and Mikael Minasyan, as well as public and political  figure Gevorg Gevorgyan, were detained. The Investigative Committee  opened a criminal case against David Minasyan under Part 1 of Article  297 (hooliganism) and Part 3 of Article 452 (interference with the  lawful official or political activities of an official) of the  Criminal Code, and against Mikael Minasyan under Part 1 of Article  46-297 (assistance to hooliganism) and Part 3 of Article 46-452  (assistance to interference with the lawful official or political  activities of an official). A case was opened against Gevork  Gevorkyan under Part 1 of Article 46-297 (organization of  hooliganism) and Part 3 of Article 46-452 (organization of  interference with the lawful official or political activities of an  official). Earlier, the Minasyan brothers' defense team, addressing  the fact that several witnesses to the incident testified that one of  the prime minister's security guards reacted quite harshly to David  Minasyan's words and punched him so hard that he lost his balance,  noted that this was evidenced by a video circulated in the media.  "There is relevant footage of him punching David Minasyan in the face  and him falling. At this stage, naturally, this fact is being  ignored," the lawyer said. It is noteworthy that the Investigative  Committee opened a case under the Criminal Code article "interference  in the lawful official or political activity of an official," despite  Prime Minister Pashinyan himself repeatedly stating that he attends  Sunday liturgies solely as an ordinary parishioner of the Armenian  Apostolic Church.  

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