Police launch investigation into scuffle between empowered persons
of candidates for post of NA deputy
11-01-2010 11:50:00 | Armenia | Politics
YEREVAN, JANUARY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. At 2:45 pm on January 10
the Kentron unit of the RA police received a call about an
argument in front of the polling station 10/09 located in the
Yerevan secondary school after John Kirakosian.
According to a report of the RA Police, it turned out that
an argument broke out between Tigran Muradian, 46 - a person
empowered to act for the candidate for the post of a National
Assembly deputy Ara Simonian, and Petros Makeyan, 60, Karen
Makeyan, 31, and Suren Martirosian, 27 - persons empowered to
act for the candidate for the post of a National Assembly deputy
Nikol Pashinian. According to the same source, the latter three
persons beat T. Muradian, who suffered injuries to various parts
of his body. T. Muradian has submitted a report and will undergo
a forensic examination.
At 3:35 pm on the same day a call was received from Yerevan
university hospital No 1 that Suren Martirosian with a a face
injury, Petros Makeyan with craniocerebral traumas, and Karen
Makeyan with scratches on his back had asked for medical aid.
Investigation is underway.