Police officers and armored vehicles are seen before the special operation to release police officers taken hostage at the seized police station in the district of Erebuni in Armenia's capital Yerevan. On July 17, a group of armed men seized the police station demanding to free Jirair Sefilian, an arrested opposition politician, participant in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and leader of the New Armenia Public Salvation Front, who is charged with illegal purchase and possession of firearms.
- Categories: Crime, Law & Justice, Disasters & Accidents
- Location: Yerevan, Armenia
- Event date: 17.07.2016
- Date published: 17.07.2016
- Author: Asatur Yesayants
- Source: Sputnik
- Credit: Sputnik/РИА Новости
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 3960x2636px, 4.4Mb