YEREVAN. – A woman tried to set herself on fire on Wednesday near the building of the presidential residence.

The witnesses told Armenian News-NEWS.am that police officers monitoring the site noticed the bottle of petrol in her hands and took it away.

Nakhshun Yengibaryan was protesting against as she explained it “injustice towards her son”. She sad her son, who was not guilty, had been in custody for two years.

The woman was taken away by an ambulance car called by police.