The situation in Armenia’s Kapan is tense, reports 168.am newspaper.

Today at 9:40 a.m. three residents of Kajaran town (Nver Khachatryan, Khoren Mirzoyan and Levon Hambardzumyan) were taken to the regional investigation department of Syunik Province. Several citizens had gathered in front of the building of the department and police station with the demand to release the boys. The boys’ relatives say the detainees were beaten. However, the head of department refuted the news, saying that the arrest was lawful.

At dawn, masked and armed police officers apprehended four people from the close circle of the head of Kajaran town who are currently at the police station in Kapan.

The gathered claim that the detainees must not be transported to Yerevan since they fear that they may be beaten more brutally there.

Currently, police officers are trying to calm the citizens down and transport the citizens to Yerevan.

According to information, the main purpose of the detention is to obtain testimonies against head of Kajaran town Manvel Paramazyan in the future.