Two armed members of a group holding hostages at a police station in the Armenian capital of Yerevan surrendered after exchanging fire with police, according to Ashot Aharonian, the head of Information and Public Relations of the Police of Armenia.
“Two members of the armed group which seized the police building in Yerevan, Gagik Egiazaryan and Aram Akopyan, have surrendered to police,” Aharonian said on Facebook. There was a gunfight at the police building and “as a result a police officer and Pavel Manukyan and his son Aram [both members of the armed group] were wounded.”
All of the injured were transported to a nearby hospital.
The gunfire has ended since then, and negotiations to free the police station are continuing.
There are reports that around 30 people were detained by police at a rally near the building supporting the cause of the hostage takers.
The armed group took control of the police station in the Erebuni district of Yerevan on July 17, taking several police officers hostage and killing one in the process.
The group’s demands include the release of Armenian opposition figure Jirair Sefilyan, who was detained on June 20 after authorities allegedly uncovered a plot to seize several buildings and telecommunication facilities in Yerevan.

Source: RT