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Armed Group Seizing Police Station in Yerevan Lets One Hostage Go

© REUTERS / Melik Baghdasaryan/PhotolurePolicemen block a street after a group of armed men seized a police station along with an unknown number of hostages, according the country's security service, in Yerevan, Armenia, July 17, 2016.
Policemen block a street after a group of armed men seized a police station along with an unknown number of hostages, according the country's security service, in Yerevan, Armenia, July 17, 2016. - Sputnik International
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The armed group which seized the police station in Yerevan let one of six hostages go, local media reported on Monday.

YEREVAN (Sputnik) — Five people, including Armenia's deputy police chief Maj. Gen. Vardan Egiazaryan and Yerevan's deputy police chief Col. Valeri Osipyan, are still held captive, the media added.

A group of armed men has seized a police station on the outskirts of Armenia's capital of Yerevan. Acccording to earlier reports, seven police officers were taken hostage. Later, two hostages have been released by the Armenian special forces, according to local media. One police officer has been killed during the hostage situation.

Policemen block a street after group of armed men seized a police station along with an unknown number of hostages, according the country's security service, in Yerevan, Armenia, July 17, 2016. - Sputnik International
Armed Men Take Hostages in Police Station in Armenia's Yerevan
The hostage takers told Armenian member of parliament Nikol Pashinyan that they also demand the resignation of the country's president Serzh Sargsyan.

The statement added that social media rumors that the situation is linked to a start of an unprising are false.

Informed sources told Sputnik that the killed police officer has been identified as Col. Artur Vanoyan. Three more were injured, they have been identified as Col. Aram Ovannisyan, Lt. Col. Grach Hotegyan, Subaltern Gagik Mkrtchyan.

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