ARMENPRESS. The Investigative Committee has launched an investigation to determine the circumstances of the September 5 prison riots at the Nubarashen and Hrazdan correctional facilities.
The Investigative Committee’s preliminary version of events is that two inmates at Nubarashen organized the riots at 15:30, September 5 by “ordering” other inmates in charge of food distribution to cease working and called on the prison population to carry out mass disorders.
Inmates began destroying property and even threw burning items through the cell windows, which resulted in a fire outside the prison. Moreover, during the events certain people gathered outside the prison, with over 30 vehicles amassing.
Police intervened and prevented further accumulations, the Investigative Committee said in a news release without elaborating.
Law enforcement agencies brought the situation back under control at 21:00 in all prisons.
A task force has been set up to investigate the riots.
In Nubarashen prison a total of 115 inmates (both convicted criminals and suspects remanded in custody) participated in the prison riot.
In Hrazdan prison the rioting inmates even broke a cell door and resisted officers.
No injuries were reported during the events.
Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan
