YEREVAN. - The son of political prisoner Shant Harutyunyan, Shahen Harutyuyan, was detained on Monday.

Harutyunyan told Armenian News – NEWS.am that he was detained on suspicion of possessing cold arms.

“I had finished my classes at the university and had left [the building] when I was taken to the police station on suspicion of possessing cold arms. I had a small piece of iron in my pocket: it had come off something and I had put it into my pocket. That piece was sent to expert examination, record was drawn out and I was [then] set free,” he said.