Armed attacks have increased

04/02/2006

Yesterday at 10:00 am there was an armed attack in the apartment (Hr. Kochar street) of the head of Yerevan municipality juridical department Artyom Sargsyan. The criminals tied up the children and Mr. Sargsyan’s wife and stole a little safe from their apartment. Recently, armed attacks have increased in Armenia. On January 21, five citizens of Georgia made an armed attack in one of the exchange rate points on Baghramyan street and stole money. The majority of many crimes are committed by RA citizens. This situation reminds us about the situation we used to have in 1990-1994. And recently a young man threatened a young girl with a knife in one of the metro stations of Yerevan and made her take off her boots. We were happy to overcome the difficulties back then, but actually we are starting again. Now we have to be more careful because criminals can enter our apartments by presenting themselves as people hired by the water and electricity services.