Judge orders to resume 2016 Yerevan hostage crisis hearing in camera

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 6, ARMENPRESS. During the ongoing court hearing of the 2016 Yerevan police station attack, judge Mesrop Makyan ordered to continue the hearing in camera.

Prior to this, the judge ordered to remove one of the defendants from the courtroom, which sparked anger among those in the audience.

The judge said that the citizens in the courtroom are obstructing the hearing and ordered them to clear the room.

Earlier, Police Chief Valeriy Osipyan testified in court in the case. He was among those taken hostage during the 2016 attack when he was serving as deputy chief of the Yerevan Police Department.

Two of the 10 assailants are currently under arrest. The remaining seven were released on bail.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan