YEREVAN, JULY 27, ARMENPRESS. Doctors working in various medical centers of Armenia call the gunmen to immediately release their colleagues who are kept in the Police station, reports “Armenpress”.

“I am very sad and I cannot express right words. The fact that the doctors are being kept in the Police station, I think that it shocked the whole Republic. As I know, there isn’t such a phenomenon in the world when the doctors are taken hostage. Even during the wars the doctors are not being taken hostage. If there had been such cases, the doctors were immediately released. I am angry and surprised, I call the guys in the Police station, some of them know me very well, to immediately release the doctors”, doctor Ara Asoyan said.

All doctors condemned such act stating that it cannot be justified. “Such behavior does not bring honor to our people, Armenians have always helped each other, in some cases even the enemy, but now we use another approach. All of us must do everything possible for our partners to be released as soon as possible. The doctors have always been in the first rank. They do not deserve such attitude”, doctor Gagik Beglaryan said.

Doctor Davit Petrosyan also condemned such act. He recalled that the situation is tense, slow war is underway for 22 years, and the situation can escalate very quickly. He urged the gunmen to release the doctors from the Police station.

In the night of July 26 it was reported that according to the gunmen there are two more wounded in the Police Patrol Station. The law enforcement agencies urged to provide those persons with necessary medical assistance, but they were rejected. The relatives of the wounded have also urged to take them to hospital. The law enforcement agencies have provided all the necessary conditions.

Later the gunmen called a doctor stating that the conditions of the wounded are critical, and after the doctors arrived in the Police station, they have been taken hostage by the gunmen. The law enforcement agencies take measures to release the doctors from hostage through negotiations.