YEREVAN, MAY 3, ARMENPRESS. An emergency incident has been registered in the territory of HSBC Bank branch in Komitas Avenue. Shots were heard.

15:40 – “An armed assault has occurred, according to preliminary data, there is one victim and one seriously injured. The person who has been attacked has been arrested. The investigative group is currently at the scene, the circumstances are being clarified, “Sona Truzyan, Adviser to the Chairman of the RA Investigative Committee, told Armenpress.

15:39 – The police are details about the attack on HSBC Bank, at the crossroads of Komitas Avenue – Gyulbenkyan Street. “On May 3, at about 14:25, police received an alarm that a robbery attack was made on HSBC Bank, at the crossroads of Komitas Avenue-Gyulbenkyan Street.
It turned out that a robber was armed with a knife, grenade, rifle, invaded the bank, insulted two employees, one of whom died.
The robber has stolen money and has escaped. But it did not manage to run away.
Immediately blocked by an operative group arriving at the scene, he resisted and insulted one of the policemen but was quickly neutralized and taken to the police due to professional and skillful law enforcement officers.
The circumstances of the case are being clarified.
An investigation is underway. ”

Armenpress’s journalist group is at the scene.

15:46 – Artak Poghosyan, Deputy Chief of the Yerevan Police Chief, stated that the amount of stolen money is being cleared up. The sum was found to be less than the bank. The victims are three, all men. One of the three, however, was the bank’s security officer, who died.

A video was posted on Facebook from the scene.