Health Ministry: Four persons wounded as a result of seizure of Patrol-Guard Service building are undergoing in-patient treatment

According to the Armenian Health Ministry, four persons wounded as a result of seizure of the Patrol-Guard Service building in Yerevan are undergoing in-patient treatment.   

The press office of the Armenian Health Ministry has told ArmInfo that two of them are at Erebuni Medical Center. One of them is at the intensive care unit and his condition is stable with positive dynamics. The condition of the second patient is satisfactory.    

The patient at the Central Military Hospital of the Armenian Defense Ministry is also in satisfactory condition.     

The condition of the patient at the intensive care unit of Heratsi Hospital Complex No.1 is stably grave. 

On July 18, one more patient was discharged from Surb Grigor Lusavorich Medical Center.  To recall, on July 17, Artsakh war hero Zhirayr Sefilyan's armed supporters, who are calling themselves "Sasna Tsrer" (The Daredevils of Sasun), seized the building of the Patrol-Guard Service Regiment in Erebuni district of Yerevan. They demand releasing Sefilyan, who was arrested on June 20 on suspicion of acquisition and keeping of weapons and ammunition. The armed group is still holding police as hostages. Deputy Head of the Patrol- Guard Service Regiment, Colonel Artur Vanoyan was killed in the incident.