YEREVAN. – Markos Harutyunyan and Armen Nersisyan, opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) members of the Yerevan Council of Elders, as well as Davit Khajakyan, head of the opposition Luys Faction of the Council, were apprehended by the police from in front of the National Security Service (NSS) building.

To note, the police had announced that if the rally outside the NSS did not stopped within 15 minutes, its participants will be held accountable, recalling that gatherings are prohibited during the current state of emergency in the country.

According to the latest information, PAP leader, MP, and business tycoon Gagik Tsarukyan is still in the NSS, he is being interviewed as a witness, although the media have already reported that a political decision has been made to arrest him.