Court orders mental health evaluation for Erebuni Plaza gunman

Armenpress 12:51, 17 February, 2020

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 17, ARMENPRESS. The gunman who opened erratic fire and took hostages on January 23 at the Erebuni Plaza Business Center in Yerevan has been taken to a psychiatric hospital to undergo outpatient mental health evaluation upon a court order, Investigations Committee spokesperson Aram Avetisyan told ARMENPRESS.

The gunman, 33 year-old Artur Torosyan, is charged with illegal possession of firearms and malicious destruction of property.

He is jailed in pre-trial detention.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan



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