Armenia police clash with protesters in Yerevan, 50 people hospitalised – agencies
(Reuters) – Armenian police clashed with protesters in Yerevan on Friday in the course of the newest in a sequence of anti-government demonstrations and a minimum of 50 folks had been hospitalized, Russian information businesses reported.
Video posted by RIA confirmed an indignant crowd confronting police and throwing what gave the impression to be bottles at them. The sound of explosions may be heard.
Interfax quoted the deputy head of nationwide police as saying officers used stun grenades after demonstrators threw stones.
Stress towards Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has elevated since he moved nearer to normalising relations with Azerbaijan, which defeated Armenia in a six-week battle in 2020.
Interfax cited the Armenian well being ministry as saying of these taken to hospital, 34 had been policemen.
The battle, which centered across the standing of the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, ended with a Russia-brokered peace deal that led to a big lack of territory for Armenia.
Earlier protests noticed 1000’s of individuals block authorities buildings, shut roads and shut down the metro system.
(Reporting by David Ljunggren; Modifying by Marguerita Choy)
