Did Pashinyan injure with pen or needle?
The trial of Haykakan Zhamanak daily's chief editor Nikol Pashinyan, charged with an assault on a police officer during an opposition rally, continued today at the Shengavit District Court.
The medical report of Vazgen Dabaghyan, the only alleged injured officer, mentioned about a 0,2-0,3 millimeter injury incurred by Nikol Pashinyan.
Pashinyan's advocate, Lusine Sahakyan, found this statement suspicious. "The injury is about the width of the ball of a pen or a needle and couldn't have been inflicted by a blow from the foot of Pashinyan, as is claimed in the statement," said the lawyer.
Continuing the words of Lusine Sahakyan advocate Erwand Varosyan presented the shirt and hat of a policeman reportedly torn by demonstrators.
Varosyan announced that the police had sent a different shirt for a forensic examination since on October 23, 2007 the police were wearing jackets and the demonstrators couldn't have torn off shoulder straps from the shirts under jackets.
"All this comes to prove that the chase against Pashinyan is continuing," said the advocate.
The trial will continue tomorrow.
