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TEGHUT RESIDENTS BLOCK WAY TO MINING PLANT
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2012/04/17/teghut1/
15:37 ~U 17.04.12
A crowd of people from Teghut village (Lori region) have gathered on
the way leading to the Armenian Copper Program (APC) CJSC's plant
to voice their protest against a recent incident between several
villagers and security guards that badly affected three people.
Photo reporter Gagik Shamshyan says around 500 residents of Teghut
have now gathered on the scene.
According to villagers. the ACP security guards beat three people
in the village yesterday night, leaving three injured. One of them,
Hrachik Kharghmazyan, was hospitalized with fractures. The two other
persons are at home.
Shamshyan had earlier said the situation in the village was very
tense with the police trying to find out what had caused the violence.
Speaking to Tert.am, Sargis Tamazyan, a parliament runner proposed by
the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC), said the villagers
have closed the way to the company's plant, preventing employees
from getting to work. According to him, vehicle dust had caused the
incident, adding that Kharghmazyan was beaten in front of his wife
and children. The villagers have reportedly promised to block the
way to the plant again in case the problem is not resolved within a
couple of days.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2012/04/17/teghut1/
15:37 ~U 17.04.12
A crowd of people from Teghut village (Lori region) have gathered on
the way leading to the Armenian Copper Program (APC) CJSC's plant
to voice their protest against a recent incident between several
villagers and security guards that badly affected three people.
Photo reporter Gagik Shamshyan says around 500 residents of Teghut
have now gathered on the scene.
According to villagers. the ACP security guards beat three people
in the village yesterday night, leaving three injured. One of them,
Hrachik Kharghmazyan, was hospitalized with fractures. The two other
persons are at home.
Shamshyan had earlier said the situation in the village was very
tense with the police trying to find out what had caused the violence.
Speaking to Tert.am, Sargis Tamazyan, a parliament runner proposed by
the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC), said the villagers
have closed the way to the company's plant, preventing employees
from getting to work. According to him, vehicle dust had caused the
incident, adding that Kharghmazyan was beaten in front of his wife
and children. The villagers have reportedly promised to block the
way to the plant again in case the problem is not resolved within a
couple of days.