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    MARCH 1 POLICE DID NOT FOLLOW PROCEDURE ON USE OF LETHAL WEAPONS: EXPERT

    epress.am
    http://www.epress.am/en/2011/07/27/march-1-police-did-not-follow-procedure-on-use-of-lethal-weapons-expert.html
    07.27.2011

    The police can use lethal weapons, but their use has to be according
    to a specified procedure, said Armenian National Congress (HAK)
    representative, member of the Mar. 1 fact-finding group Andranik
    Kocharyan, responding to a request by Epress.am to provide a legal
    assessment of head of the Special Investigative Service (SIS) group
    charged with investigating the circumstances surrounding the events
    of Mar. 1-2, 2008, Vahagn Harutyunyan's statement that the use of
    lethal weapons on Mar. 1, 2008, was legitimate.

    "If there was an order to shoot, the shooter should have been familiar
    with procedure. When it became known that they haven't followed the
    application procedure, when it became known that the Cheryomushki
    7 application was also unlawful, only then did they say, 'Oh no,
    according to a 2006 parliamentary decision, this normative document
    (about the use of Cheryomushki) is excluded from application.' It
    turns out Vahagn Harutyunyan doesn't know that either; he considers
    legitimate that which resulted in human deaths," said Kocharyan.

    Recall that mass protests against alleged electoral fraud followed the
    2008 presidential election in Armenia. On Mar. 1-2, 2008, national
    police and military forces, called in to disperse the crowds, used
    "excessive force and violence" which left 10 people dead and many
    more wounded.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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