ABRAHAMIAN'S NEPHEW PROVOKES INCIDENT
An attempt on presidential candidate Levon Ter-Petrossian was instigated today in the town of Artashat. A huge ice was thrown in the direction of the first President. Fortunately, the first President was not injured.
According to our verified sources, Ter-Petrossian's bodyguard got serious corporal injuries, his jaw was broken.
He is presently bearing testimony at the Police Department of Ararat.
During the meeting with the former President, residents pointed at some women who had been assigned to instigate an incident. They had been given 5000 drams each.
Just at that moment, a group of fellows got off a car and began throwing stones and pieces of concrete at Levon Ter-Petrossian's team. They picked a fight with one of the bodyguards, Sargis, inflicting serious injuries on him.
“This is but an attempt on my life,” Levon Ter-Petrossian announced over the loudspeaker. The incident turned out to be provoked by Hovik Abrahamian's nephew. Ter-Petrossian publicly demanded to sue the initiators and urged Marzpet Alik Sargsian to bear responsibility for the incident.
The latter admitted full responsibility and called for vigilance and restraint.
To note, the police had noticed the car but they had taken no measure.
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"TEAM" MONITORS COVERAGE OF PRESIENTIAL ELECTIONS-2008
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“I SHALL NEVER STAND BEFORE ARMENIANS WITH A HANGING HEAD”
ABRAHAMIAN'S NEPHEW PROVOKES INCIDENT
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- 1300 Death at the age of 53 of the Cilician Armenian King Levon the Third. He was the eldest son of King Hetoom the First.
- 1905 Fighting breaks out between Armenians and Azeri Turks in Baku, Yerevan, Gandja, and Shooshee.
- 1919 Opening of the Second Conference of Western Armenians, which first accepted formula about "Political Program of United and Independent Armenia".
- 1919 Start of the Western Armenians' Second Conference. There were 55 participants.
- 1980 In Bern (Switzerland) Swiss police arrest Hrair Max Kelinjian, a member of the illegal political organization "Justice Fighters for Armenian Genocide". He killed the Turkish Ambassador in Bern. After a trial lasting two years, he was condemned to two years' imprisonment.
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