Foreign Nationals Assault Fellow Countryman with Iron Rods in Yerevan

On the night of July 1, at 01:31, the owner of a hostel on Khorenatsi Street contacted the operative management center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), reporting that an unidentified group of passengers in a vehicle had assaulted their client, stealing his mobile phone and money.

According to the MIA, an operational group from the Central Police Department was dispatched to the scene. The 45-year-old foreign national staying at the hostel stated that shortly after midnight, he received a call from an unknown number, asking him to provide accommodation for two acquaintances. When he went outside the hostel to meet them, he encountered two strangers who struck him with iron rods, causing injury, and then stole his mobile phone, passport, and $300.

While the police were taking measures to investigate the crime, at 03:25, the First University Hospital reported that a 45-year-old man had been admitted with a diagnosis of a