Yénikomchian Alec, who is now a member of Sardarabad movement was shoved and knowingly exposed to grave danger by police Sunday evening in Yerevan. The incident occurred while riding as a passenger in a car on the street Sayat Nova. Persons claiming to be members of the criminal police have arrested the vehicle. They then compelled by force Alec to get out, then left him in the middle of the street, before leaving with the car and its driver, who was kept at the police station. These are passersby who came to the aid of Alec, when he was alone, on foot, in the middle of traffic.

This incident has caused outrage. Alec is Yénikomchian remember the blind. He has also been cut by his left hand and two fingers of the right hand. For the record, this former militant ASALA, probably the closest friend of Monte Melkonian, suffered injuries as a result of the accidental explosion of a bomb he intended for the Turkish consulate in Geneva October 3, 1980.

The fact that the police behave this way with a person who has suffered such a heavy handicap, whatever it is, is unbearable. It is even more so when it comes to one of the best known and most respected figures of the liberation struggle.

Monday morning, the police chief, General Vladimir Kasparian, made a statement to say that an internal investigation would be opened for endangering others and failing to assist a person in danger. The case speaks throughout in some cases intolerable manners of the Armenian police.

Ara Toranian