One killed, two injured as robber attacks HSBC branch in YerevanMay 3, 2018 - 16:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - An attempted armed robbery at one of the branches of HSBC Bank in the Armenian capital city of Yerevan on Thursday, May 3 left one person was killed and two others wounded. The police said in a statement that the suspect, armed with a knife, a grenade and a rifle broke into the bank, injured two employees of the bank, one of whom died. He then stole money and was about to escape when police surrounded him before he managed to injure one of the officers. The offender was nonetheless neutralized and taken under custody. The police identified the person as Colonel of the Armenian Traffic Police Department Daniel Danielyan. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |