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Live: Yerevan gunmen welcome march participants by firing into the air (video)

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23.37 Shots were heard from the seized police station as soon as the participants of the march returned to Khorenatis street where the police compound is located.  The memers of the Sasna Dzrer (Daredevils of Sasun) armed group welcomed the participants of the march by firing into the air. 21.52 Supporters of the Sasna Dzrer group are starting a march from Yerevan’s Khorenatsi Street. After passing through the central street of the Armenian capital, they will return to Khorenatsi where the police compound seized by the members of the Sasna Dzrer group is located. 21.46 Vice-Chairman of the Heritage Party, Armen Martirosyan, reminded everyone about the demands of the Sasna Dzrer group – the release of all ‘political prisoners,’ restoration of sovereignty of Armenia, conduct of  early elections, resignation of Serzh Sargsyan… 21.42 Members of the Sasna Dzrer group members have married their weapons. You cannot intimidate them by depriving them of food or anything else, Levon Barseghyan, President of the Asparez Journalists' Club, said in Khorenatsi Street. The authorities consider them to be criminals. Even if so, they should give them their portion of prison bread, if they do not give them bread, then they torture the group,” he said adding that in such circumstances, the public gets a chance to put an end to the torture. He called on citizens gathered in the street to fight until they could solve the problem of food, water and medical care for the Sasna Dzrer group members. The only solution in the given situation is to continue the negotiations. 21.09 Alek Yenigomshyan has passed the people in Khorenatsi Street the greetings of the members of the Sasna Dzrer group, who, as he said, have been deprived of food, electricity, medical services and communication means for 48 hours. “Though it was announced yesterday that a new mediator will replace Vitaly Balasanyan in the negotiations, there have been no talks until this moment,” Alek Yenigomshyan said. He added that 'Jirayr Sefilyan is in complete isolation.' 20.55 Addressing citizens gathered in Khorenatsi Street, Founding Parliament member Alek Yenigomshyan said Syuzan Simonyan, another member of the movement had been arrested earlier on Monday. He added that Simonyan has health problems. 20.53 At the beginning of a public rally on Khorenatsi Street, Vice-Chairman of the Heritage Party, Armen Martirosyan said the helicopters flying over the seized patrol police station had probably arrived from the Gyumri-based Russian military unit. “According to some reports, Kadyrov is ready to send Chechens to Armenia to fight against these guys,” Martirosyan said. He says ‘the authorities are obliged to make a public statement ensuring that they will not use foreign military equipment, foreign soldiers or foreign mercenaries against our rebel fighters and our people.’ 19.38 Two helicopters were seen hovering for 10 minutes over the patrol police station that remains under the control of the Sasna Dzrer group. The situation is the same on Khorenatsi Street where citizens supporting the members of the Sasna Dzrer armed group have been rallying for 10 days. As usual, there are numerous police officers in the street, who are wearing ballistic face shields and helmets.