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  • Karabakh Sub-Units Did Not Take Part In March 1 Events, Sasha Afyan

    KARABAKH SUB-UNITS DID NOT TAKE PART IN MARCH 1 EVENTS, SASHA AFYAN CLAIMS

    Noyan Tapan
    http://www.nt.am/news.php?shownews=116273
    Au g 5, 2008

    YEREVAN, AUGUST 5, NOYAN TAPAN. The police operations in Liberty Square
    on the morning of March 1 were aimed at conducting an on-the-spot
    search for arms and ammuntion, there was no purpose to disperse the
    demonstrators and remove the tents, Deputy Head of the RA Police,
    Major General Sasha Afyan stated at a sitting of the the Committee on
    Inquiry into the March 1-2 Events. In his words, during the operation,
    based on the operative situation, a decision was made to take other
    actions. The police representative said that 100-130-strong operative
    police forces carried out this operative action - search. S. Afyan
    denied the rumors that a sub-unit was brought from Karabakh to carry
    out this operation. Responding to the question of a member of the
    Committee who said that police refer to some video materials showing
    that the clashes were started by demonstrators and then the Committee
    member asked if there is video material to show that it was police
    that started clashes, S. Afyan said: "If such a video exists, let
    them present it".

    In response to Committee members' question about whether there were
    witnesses to the on-the-spot search, S. Afyan said that "all the
    demonstrators were witnesses by themselves". When responding to a
    number of other questions: why the search began 50-60 minutes after
    the hour scheduled for that operation, why, according to the video
    material, the policemen touched the arms and ammunition found in the
    square with their bare hands, S. Afyan found it difficult to give
    answers, saying that he is responsible for keeping the public order,
    and it is the heads of the services that carried out that police
    operation and on-the-spot search who can answer questions related
    to the operative actions. It was decided to invite the executives of
    these services to the next sitting of the Committee.
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