The Special Investigative Service instigated a criminal case over the police's use of violence against demonstrators and journalists during the Yerevan police station siege, Armenian media reports.

According to the Special Investigative Service, the police exceeded authority "in the prejudice of service or deliberately". In particular, the matter concerns the use of riot control devices in Yerevan’s Khorenatsi Street and Sari Tagh districts, violence against the detainees and journalists and hindering the meetings of lawyers and their defendants.

The Service also urges the persons injured in the police actions to provide the investigative body with facts on violation of laws by the law-enforcers.