The Guardian, Al Jazeera and New York Times on Yerevan standoff
“Pro-opposition gunmen locked in a protracted standoff with police in the Armenian capital Yerevan have taken four medical staff hostage, officials said, after a shootout left five people wounded,” The Guardian writes about the development of the events at Khorenatsi Str. since members of the armed group have seized Erebuni police station.
“Two doctors and two nurses were held after entering a police compound seized by the assailants 10 days ago to treat two gunmen injured in clashes,” the newspaper adds.
Al Jazeera quotes Head of the Department of Public Relations and Information of the RA Police, Ashot Aharonyan, who said that; “The police are taking steps to free the doctors through negotiations”.
New York Times quotes the Armenian Ministry of Health, stating that one of the members of the medical crew, a doctor was released on Wednesday.
The newspaper also reminds that after an exchange of fire before dawn Wednesday, two of the gunmen surrendered and one police officer and two gunmen were taken to hospitals for treatment of gunshot wounds. More than 20 gunmen are believed to remain in the police station.