YEREVAN, DECEMBER 22, NOYAN TAPAN. According to opposition's own investigation of the March 1 events, the opposition has established the identity of policemen firing at peaceful demonstrants. First RA President Levon Ter-Petrosian stated at the December 21 conference of the Armenian National Congress (ANC). In his words, as a result of the investigation it was also found out that five high-ranking officials and four oligarches are indeed responsible for those events, who coordinated the actions of a group consisting of 950 people. The latters set cars on fire and robbed shops. The ex-President said that the ANC central office conveyed all these data to Council of Europe High Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg and to some of the Ambassadors accredited in Armenia. L. Ter-Petrosian said that the greatest achievement was that the national movement managed to prove the groundlessness of the version put forward by the authorities that clashes between policemen and demonstrants were provoked by the opposition. And for the Armenian public primordially not believing that version the March 1 crime was a terrible slaughter organized by country's leaders. The international community also started getting convinced of it under the pressure of the existing facts. L. Ter-Petrosian drew attention to the fact that so far no opposition representative has been accused of carrying arms, using grenades, setting cars on fire or robbing shops. In his words, those killing the ten persons have not been disclosed yet. While, the very issue should have been primary for law enforcement bodies. L. Ter-Petrosian assured that the March 1 investigation will be continued, and in case the situation changes everybody really responsible for these crimes will be brought to the court. He also stated that opposition's mass actions of protest can be resumed at any time.

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