Relatives of slain soldier join ralliers outside government building
Hundreds of citizens carrying posters “We are all Artak” and Armenian tricolour (the national flag) have gathered outside the Government building in Yerevan, demanding to punish the people who ordered the kidnapping and beating of activist Artak Khachatryan on Saturday, February 7. Vardan Oskanian, a lawmaker representing the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) says this is a war announced not against the political parties but against the people. “The real perpetrators must be revealed and punished at once,” he said. A group of BHK lawmakers have joined the ralliers outside the government building. Aram Manukyan and Lyudmila Sargsyan from the Armenian National Congress (HAK) are also there. Artak Khachatryan was attacked Saturday afternoon in Yerevan by three masked men who forced him into a car and took him to an unknown direction. He was later found near his home in an unconscious state. The relatives of Haykaz Barseghyan who was found killed at the Vazgen Sargsyan Military Institute, have grouped near the government building. They say Haykaz Barseghyan is also joining the rally in support of Artak Khachatryan.
