Member of Sasna Tsrer movement Smbat Barseghyan was indicted for murder of a police officer. Barseghyan, however, has pleaded not guilty, his lawyer Hayk Alumyan said.

An armed group known as Sasna Tsrer (Daredevils of Sassoun) stormed a Yerevan police patrol department in mid-July and took everyone inside hostage. Throughout the following days, the group released the captives one by one. After negotiations that lasted for a little over two weeks, the gunmen agreed to surrender to the law enforcement bodies. Three police officers were killed during this period.

On July 30, a police officer, Yuri Tepanosyan received a gunshot wound near the seized patrol department. Law enforcement bodies subsequently released a video featuring Barseghyan.