YEREVAN. – The people that are inside Armenia’s National Assembly (NA) are not permitted to leave the building. 

The National Security Service (NSS) has instructed not to allow anyone out because an inspection is carried out at the scene of the incident, Armenian News-NEWS.am reporter informed from NA. 

The NSS officers are standing in front of the parliament building, and they are prohibiting the news reporters from leaving the NA.   

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, a man sustained a gunshot wound as he tried to carry in a knife into the NA building on Friday.

The man managed to enter the yard of the parliament, at about 2:30pm, and started voicing threats, a source told Armenian News-NEWS.am. The parliament’s security officers ordered him to throw the knife, but he disobeyed the order.

Subsequently, the security officers fired shots in the air, but the man still did not follow the order. Consequently, the police officers were forced to fire at his leg.

The NA physician provided medical assistance to the man until an ambulance arrived. The wounded man was taken to hospital, and the parliament building is patrolled by the police.