Armenia protest over hostage crisis turns violent

[WorldNews]

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Protesters clashed on Wednesday with police in the Armenian capital Yerevan, furious over the government's handling of a four-day hostage crisis in which pro-opposition gunmen seized a police building, killing one officer and taking several hostage. Stone-throwing protesters attacked police officers deployed outside the building where the gunmen -- supporters of jailed opposition leader Zhirair Sefilyan -- have been holding four police officers hostage since Sunday morning, an AFP reporter said. "Many officers were wounded" in the clashes, deputy chief of Armenian police, Samvel Hovhannisyan, told AFP.

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