Yerevan hostage drama: All members of armed group arrested
All the members of the armed Sasna Tsrer (Daredevils of Sassoun) group have been arrested, lawyer Araik Papikyan told Tert.am.
The gunmen are being accused of taking hostages (Article 218 of Armenia’s Criminal Code) and illegally procuring, transporting or carrying weapons, ammunition, explosives and explosive devices (Article 235.3). The same charges have been brought against Arthur Sargsyan, an activist who supplied the group members with food.
As part of the criminal case launched by the National Security Service’s Investigative Department after the patrol police regiment’s armed seizure, a total of 47 individual have been arrested and detained. As of August 1, criminal charges were brought against 24.