Armenian health ministry releases updated information about wounded people in hospitals
Of them, 11 are policemen. Three wounded men are in the hospital for convicts.
Sasna Dzrer group leader Pavel Manukyan and his son Aram were brought to hospital Tuesday night. Ashot Petrosyan and Hovhannes Harutyunyan, their fellow group members, underwent surgery.
Sasna Dzrer group stormed the police regiment territory and seized it on July 17. Sasna Dzrer took some officers hostage, demanding the release of Zhirayr Sefilian, the jailed opposition leader of Founding Parliament movement, and the resignation of the president.
According to the police, one police officer had been killed and five others and one attacker wounded in the assault.
Hundreds of people gathered outside the territory to bar the law enforcement units from storming the building and to prevent а bloody outcome.
The police units cleaned up the territory of demonstrators Wednesday night and detained dozens of people.
As many as 51 people injured in the clashes, including 28 policemen, received medical services that night. On the next day people gathered again.
All the hostages have gradually been released by the rebels.
Thousands of people took to the streets on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in Yerevan and marched demanding the release of Zhirair Sefilian and the resignation of the president.
Tuesday night the Sasna Dzrer leader Pavel Manukyan and his son Aram were wounded by the police and they are now in a hospital under intensive care. One policeman was wounded as well. --0----