A large number of red beret police officers and other police officers have arrived near the building of the National Security Service. Armenian News-NEWS.am reports that they have surrounded the building.

The National Security Service has been interviewing Prosperous Armenia Party leader Gagik Tsarukyan for over six hours.

Earlier, 87 deputies of the National Assembly had voted in favor of stripping Tsarukyan of parliamentary immunity and depriving him of his liberty, based on the petitions submitted by the Prosecutor General of Armenia.