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YEREVAN. - Clashes have started in Sari Tagh neighborhood of Yerevan’s Erebuni district while ago.

The police have detained Heritage party Deputy President Armen Martirosyan, who was simply negotiating with them, Armenian News - NEWS.am correspondent reports.

The police threw smoke grenades at the protestors and attacked them. Fire has sparked in the territory, probably above the gas pipeline.

The protestors are trying to surrender in an organized manner. According to the preliminary information, there are wounded.

According to our correspondent, certain plainclothes men are hindering the work of the journalists, banning them to video record to developments.

Radio Liberty announced that its journalists Karlen Aslanyan and Hovhannes Movsisyan have been subjected to battery by plainclothes men.

The situation is extremely tense also in Khorenatsi street, where large crowd of people have gathered. Turning to the protestors, Deputy Colonel Ayvazyan announced that the assembly is unlawful and urged to stop it. The police started attacking shortly.

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