Five killed in Yerevan melee identified

PanARMENIAN.Net - Five of those killed in yesterday's melee have been identified, the RA prosecutor general's office reports. They are Gor Kloyan, Hamlet Tadevosyan, David Petrosyan, Zakar Hovhannisyan and Ruben Torosyan.



The names of other five persons are not known yet.



The RA Public Health Ministry reports 131 injured and 8 dead.



Yesterday morning the police dispersed the opposition rally held in support of Armenia's first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan. In the afternoon the demonstrators took the streets toward the French Embassy basing near the Yerevan mayor's office. The protest action resulted in clashes with police. Numerous shops were looted.



On March 1 evening President Robert Kocharian declared state of emergency for 20 days.
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