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Armenian Police Station Attacked; 1 Dead, Hostages Taken
[NYTIMES] About 20 armed supporters of a incarcerated
Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages!
opposition leader attacked a cop shoppe in Armenia's capital on Sunday, killing one officer, wounding four and taking several others hostage, police said.

The attackers demanded the release of Jirair Sefilian, who was tossed in the calaboose
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
last month, and the opposition group repeated its call for the government to resign.

Police cordoned off the area around the station in Yerevan's Erebuni district, bringing in armored vehicles and construction equipment to block the road, and said negotiations were being conducted with the assailants for them to give themselves up and release the hostages.

"If they don't listen to our appeal, we will neutralize them, because killers cannot be dealt with in any other way," said Armenia's deputy police chief, Unan Pogosian. "But for now we are continuing the negotiations."

He said the attackers killed Col. Artur Vanoyan and shot three other coppers and a police cameraman, while none of the attackers was maimed. The assailants allowed the maimed to be taken to hospitals but continued to hold six coppers hostage.

Their only demand was the release of Sefilian, according to the deputy police chief, who said this was out of the question.

An opposition member of parliament, Nikol Pashinian, who went to the station to meet with the attackers, urged both sides to exercise restraint. He said the attackers had combat experience from the war with neighboring Azerbaijan in the 1990s and "don't plan to retreat" if the cop shoppe is stormed.
Posted by: Fred 2016-07-18
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=462027