There was an act of provocation at the beginning of the police actions which gave them grounds for beating people. It was a targeted operation; an opportunity to simply isolate the most active participants of the movement. Coordinator of the Hayakve initiative Avetik Chalabyan said this to ABC Media<\/strong>, referring to the clashes outside the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Using brute force is one thing, but beating people is another. Twenty-nine people have been arrested. They will try to trump up charges of mass unrest,” Chalabyan said.<\/span><\/p>\n

He noted that what happened was an act of provocation. Bottles were thrown toward the police, but Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan had nothing to do with that all; he was simply trying to calm people down.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It was done by someone, whose identity is not yet known. I guess he is either an irrational person or did it on purpose. We will come to know this of course,” Chalabyan noted.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to him, it is difficult to define the extent of brutalities outside the MFA building.<\/span><\/p>\n