YEREVAN. – Fourteen days have passed since the incident in Yerevan’s Khorentasi street, where the armed group has seized a police regiment.

The situation is calm now, but serious clashes occurred late in the evening in Khorenatsi Street and Sari Tagh district.

It became known yesterday that the three members of “Sasna Tsrer” armed group that seized police regiment, among them Arayik Khandoyan, were wounded. Two of them, Artur Melkonyan and Armen Lambaryan, were hospitalized.

After the rally in Liberty Square protesters marched to Khorenatsi Street. Suddenly the procession turned onto Nar-Dos Sreet and went to the area of Sari Tagh. A small group of police tried to prevent the promotion of the protesters, but the protesters broke through the cordon and went on.

Reaching Sari Taha, protesters discovered that shooting is heard from the area of seized regiment. Political scientist Andrias Ghukasyan said that the police began “actions on the territory of the regiment.” Meanwhile, the police regrouped and concentrated power in the area of Sari Tagh. Special equipment was used. The operation was headed by deputy chief of police Levon Yeranosyan.

Andrias Ghukasyan reported about plainclothes police officers. The situation was tense on Khorenatsi Street, too. The participants tried to prevent promotion of police buses. Police Lieutenant Colonel Ayvazyan, referring to the audience, said that the rally was illegal and asked to leave the area.

Protesters did not obey, and in response, the police went to drastic measures, using stun grenades. The police began detention of citizens.

Meanwhile, the situation in Sari Tagh aggravated. The police detained deputy chairman of Heritage party Armen Martirosyan. Stun grenade caused fire that started spreading to the gas pipeline

Many people were injured. People dressed as civilians were trying to hamper journalists’ work. According to radio RFE/RL Armenian service, correspondents Karlen Aslanyan and Hovhannes Movsisyan were detained by people in civilian clothes. A1 + reporter received burns. Mariam Grigoryan and cameraman David Harutyunyan from 1in.am, cameraman of Panorama.am agency Hovik Grigoryan, cameraman of Lragir.am, correspondent of Armenia TV Aghvan Asoyan and cameraman Albert Galstyan were affected.

A camera of the Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent was broken and confiscated. Some people dressed like civilians tried to use force against the Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent.

Spokesperson for Armenian police Ashot Aharonyan wrote on Facebook about a police officer wounded in fire from the area of seized police headquarters in Yerevan. He was hospitalized.