Police Chief Arman Sargsyan has fired the Commissioner of the Gegharkunik Province Police Division Gevorg Hakobyan, days after a scandalous shootout in the region, police spokesperson Edgar Janoyan said.
A replacement for Hakobyan hasn’t yet been named.
On April 28, a shootout took place in the city of Gavar, leaving 2 dead and 4 wounded. Shortly after the firefight, a group of people stormed into a local hospital in an attempted vengeance against one of the participants of the shooting who was hospitalized there. More than a dozen suspects are jailed amid an ongoing investigation.
