Incident during march
The thousand-man march began right after the rally held near the Matenadaran and stretched from Mashtots Avenue to Myasnikyan's statue where flowers and wreaths were laid in memory of the 10 victims of March 1.
The march stretched along the street and traffic stopped for a moment. Police and marchers pushed and shoved during the march as police officers were demanding that the participants march on one side of the street to not disturb traffic.
The participants of the march started whistling and screaming to the police officers who had surrounded Freedom Square and were not even letting passers-by approach the square. The participants were screaming "Levon, President", "Struggle, struggle until the end", "Shame", "Now" and more.
HAK youth activists were calling on everyone to avoid clashes with the police. All screams and calls ended as soon as the participants reached Myasnikyan statue.
The marchers stood in front of the statue in silence for several minutes with their fists in the air and lit candles. Victim of March 1 Gor Kloyan's father Sargis Kloyan, HAK leaders Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Stepan Demirchyan, Aram Sargsyan and others laid flowers at the base of the statue, paid tribute to the 10 victims and left. Some of them moved toward Northern Avenue. Police had formed a line along the Italian Embassy and had even surrounded the government building with bludgeons in their hands.
As the participants reached the Opera, police forced them to change their route and not approach Freedom Square. The participants bid each other farewell at Northern Avenue, while the police stopped at Freedom Square, sat in their cars and left the premises.
