Syunik Police Refuses to Arrest Goris Mayor, Special Forces Sent from Yerevan: ‘Mediaport’

The Syunik police have declined to arrest the mayor of Goris, while special forces have been dispatched from Yerevan. According to ‘Mediaport’, the police have been unable to clarify for several hours why or in what context Goris Mayor Arush Arushanyan was apprehended, who called on the residents of Syunik to prevent the entry of ‘traitors’ into their region.

Mediaport reports that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan instructed the arrest of Arushanyan yesterday afternoon, but the Syunik police refused to carry out the political order. Following this, Police Chief Vahe Ghazaryan sent special forces from Yerevan to execute Pashinyan's directive. Early this morning, Arushanyan was illegally detained by the police.

It should be noted that the mayor of Goris has been on the battlefield with his unit from the very first moment of the war until the last minute.