26/10/2013 11:04
Hraparak: Electrician reportedly assaulted by Gyumri mayor bodyguards
The notorious incident during the City Day celebrations in Gyumri on October 13 had an unpleasant continuation. There was an outage for technical reasons during Mayor Samvel Balasanian’s speech and his bodyguards beat the electrician who was on duty at the event. The mayor’s spokesman denied that information.
According to ‘Hraparak’ paper’s sources close to the city municipality, the bodyguards indeed assaulted Harut, an electrician of the Dramatic theatre, but the mayor was not satisfied with the punishment so he called the culture minister and asked her to fire the electrician. ‘Hraparak’ called the theatre producer Tigran Virabian who neither confirmed nor denied the rumor, saying the creative staff didn’t participate in the celebrations.