YEREVAN. - The Armenian police have clarified the incident which took place in Sari Tagh neighborhood of Yerevan’s Erebuni district.

“Some people are disseminating misinformation that an operation is being carried out in the territory of the police regiment. No operation is carried out in the police regiment territory at the moment. In reality, a group of people tried to infringe into the security zone maintained by the police and get into the regiment territory.   

The police are using special means.

We urge the citizens to refrain from illegal and provocative actions,” police spokesperson Ashot Aharonyan wrote on his Facebook page.

The press-service didn’t inform how many people have been detained, urging to wait for official information.

To disperse the protestors in Sari Tagh, the policemen attacked and threw smoke grenades at them. Fire has sparked in the territory, probably above the gas pipeline. According to the preliminary information, there are wounded.

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

Radio Liberty announced that its journalists Karlen Aslanyan and Hovhannes Movsisyan have been subjected to battery by plainclothes men. А1+ journalist has also suffered burn injuries. An explosive blasted under the feet of the CivilNet journalist and operator in Sari Tagh, as a result of which they have suffered injuries.

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.