All killed in March 1 riot identified

PanARMENIAN.Net - All killed in March 1 night melee have been identified. These are Zakhar Hohvannisyan, Hamlet Tadevosyan, Gor Kloyan, David Petrosyan, Tigran Khachatryan, Grigor Gevorgyan, Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, Armen Farmanyan, the prosecutor general's office said.



One of the killed, Hamlet Tadevosyan, was a law enforcer. Over three dozens of policemen were injured.



"Participants and initiators of public disorders ignoring the police have set fire to dozens of cars, looted the House of Moscow, nearby shops and offices.



"With firearms, iron and wooded batons, the protesters took up positions between Grigor Lusavorich and Mashtots avenues and assaulted the policemen.



"The mass disorders were suppressed only after imposition of emergency rule and joint operations carried out by police, national security and armed forces," the prosecutor general's office said.