Seven policemen taken hostage by armed group in Yerevan

Seven policemen have been taken hostage by the armed group which has seized the police station in Erebuni, Yerevan, the local Lragir.am website reported citing an Armenian MP Nikol Pashinyan.

MP Nikola Pashinyan has visited the police base in Erebuni and informed that the blood pressure of one of the policemen taken hostage by the attackers has gone up. Doctors arrived at the scene and taking into account the health condition of the hostage, it was allowed to take him to the hospital.

The participants of the armed group Varuzhan Avetisyan and Pavlik Manukyan told Pashinyan that their demands remain unchanged: resignation of Serzh Sargsyan and creation of a temporary government.

/By Trend/