December 28, 2009 - 16:48 AMT
ANC accuses RPA member of assaulting Nikol Pashinyan's staff activists
December 27 assault on Nikol Pashinyan's staff activists was an attempt to hamper the parliamentary candidate's electoral campaign, Armenian National Congress (ANC) coordinator Levon Zurabyan said.

As he told the joint news conference with ANC central office representative Vladimir Karapetyan and Nikol Pashinyan's electoral staff head David Matevosyan, Armenian authorities support National Unity party's parliamentary candidate Ara Simonyan, running from the same constituency as Pashinyan.

"According to verified information we have, the attack was organized by the order of Republican Party member Ruben Sadoyan," Zurabyan stressed, adding that 6 activists were injured, with ANC Central Office representative Vladimir Karapetyan among them.