Chief of Yerevan Police is relieved of his duties

Armenian Police press service informed about this.

It is worth reminding that official investigation within the police has led to disciplinary actions against a number of police officers, including Chief of Yerevan Police Ashot Karapetyan.

He received a severe reprimand concerning the actions of the police at Khorenatsi St on July 19 and Sari Tagh neighbourhood on July 29-30, Yerevan, “for improper discharge of duties – failure to correctly distribute the police forces for maintaining public order and ensuring public safety, failure to undertake actions corresponding to the situation, prevent access to the restricted area for rally participants timely, as well as use of violence against citizens and destruction of journalists’s equipment.”