YEREVAN. – Varuzhan Avetisyan, a member of the armed group Sasna Tsrer said that it was not the members of the group who killed the policeman Yuri Tepanosyan. 

“I declare with all responsibility that it was not us who killed the police officer. That area is even not visible for us. In all likelihood, he was killed by one of the chaotic shots of their own snipers. I do not want to say that this was done deliberately, but I can say for certain that it was not us who did it,” said Avetisyan.

 In its turn, the police issued a statement that Yuri Tepanosyan, born in 1986, was killed by  “a sniper's bullet, fired from the territory of the captured regiment