“Last night, at 1-2 pm, I can not say precisely, I was coming home, and saw that I am out of the cigarettes, went to buy it, on the way back, I noticed 3 people in a small depth section from Hasratyan street, who, apparently, were waiting for me. When I was passing by them, one of them said, “Isn’t this ……….?,” it was obvious to me that they had a specific “mission” – said the activist Gor Arakelyan to Aravot.am, commenting on the circumstances of being assaulted. As said by Gor, when he turned to look whom he is “honored” to be insulted, one of them exclaimed, “What are you looking at, hey…. “.
“I responded, hey guys, I do not have a problem with you, I do not want to, but there is no need to do such a thing, “What a thing, hey, active mass,” said one of them, and the other jumped in, “Hey, what to talk to them, they do not deserve that much, you must hold them and … ” and started using profane language addressed to me, my friends and my family, to which I replied as follows: “Who touched me and my family, let him words be addressed to his own father and mother…”. At that moment, the 4th person approached Gor Arakelyan from the back, who hit him in the back. Despite Gor Arakelyan’s calls to sober, the 3 persons arguing with him also joined their “friend” and started to hit. “Then, when I was already on the ground, at one moment, one of them said, “Wait, let’s see whether he is alive… or dead.” When he grabbed me from my clothe to pull me, I lifted up my head and I said, “you would dream to see me dead.”
At that moment, Gor Arakelyan saw three policemen approaching them, who getting to the place immediately caught up by his hands and shouted at him, “Calm down, hey guy.” “And when, in their presence and, why not, with the help of them, those hitting me continued hitting, and they were holding me tight and solid. It was dark, very dark, and the light of one of the cars just passing through fell on us, and I saw that one of the police officers was subaltern officer by the rank. About 5 minutes after the beating, one of the police officers said, “Well, his ear is bleeding,” after which they immediately kicked on my legs to fall down. Until my recovered by consciousness and raised on feel, there was nobody.” Despite bleeding of the ear, bruises and difficulty to walk, Gor Arakelyan has not applied to the police station and medical institutions, as he considered their actions unreasonable and does not trust. And to the question of Aravot.am what he is going to do, Gor Arakelyan replied, “To live and create for the future.”
Ami CHICHAKYAN
