YEREVAN. – The situation remains tense on Khorenatsi Street in Yerevan where an armed group has seized a police station (photos).

Those gathered on the street said shots were heard.

The police officers blocked the street standing in several rows, while the protesters claim that something is going on at the seized police headquarters, the Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent reports from the site.

Two ambulance cars left the area blocked by police and headed to the hospital.

One of the activists talked to Varuzhan Avetisyan, one of those who seized the police station. The latter assured there was no attack.

Deputy chief of police Samvel Hovhannisyan is talking to protesters urging them to calm down. He assured the police station was not attacked, and described the sounds as fireworks.