Armenian NSS: No command given for active actions

As of 17::00 p.m. the armed group continues holding several police officers as hostages, insisting on their previous demands, Armenian National Security Service (NSS) reports in a new released statement, where the gunmen who seized a police station in Yerevan on Sunday are labeled as ‘terrorists’.

According to the source, “In the scope of negotiations underway representatives of competent state bodies are trying to persuade the terrorists to avoid further actions threatening the life and the health of the people, to free the hostages, lay down their weapons and surrender to the authorities without resistance.”

The statement goes on reading that special task forces remain in combat readiness, yet no command for active actions has been given.