make preferableYEREVAN. – At present, the Armenian National Security Service (NSS) officers are continuing their inspection at the scene where an incident occurred in the National Assembly (NA) courtyard.
No additional information is provided to the news reporters that are located either inside or nearby the parliament building.
To note, access to and from the NA central entrance is prohibited for already about two hours, and the parliament employees are leaving the building from its side entrance.
Special Investigation Service Deputy Chief Armen Nadiryan likewise arrived in the NA, but he did not provide any details to journalists in connection with the incident, and noted that a necessary investigation should be conducted first.
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 courtyard 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.
The National Security Service (NSS) has instructed not to allow anyone out because an inspection is carried out at the scene of the incident. The NSS officers are standing in front of the parliament building, and they are prohibiting the news reporters from leaving the National Assembly.
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