People being evacuated from buildings near seized police HQ in Yerevan

People are being evacuated from the buildings nearby the seized police headquarters where the attackers are keeping hostages, RIA Novosti reported.

All entrances to the captured police headquarters have been cordoned off.

An armed group has seized the headquarters of the police and interior troops in Erebuni, Yerevan, demanding the release of coordinator of the opposition Armenian civil initiative ‘Founding Parliament’ Zhirayr Sefilyan. He was arrested for illegally purchasing and storing weapons.

The attackers have taken hostages, said the statement from Armenia’s National Security Service.

/By Trend/