07/03/2014 14:14
Protester attempts self immolation outside Finance Ministry
A protestor today attempted self immolation outside the Finance Ministry’s building in Yerevan. He was participating in the protest against the introduction of the compulsory accumulative pension system in Armenia.
67-year-old man said he lives in poor social conditions and he lost his savings at Soviet banks. The civic activists and the police managed to prevent the self immolation attempt. The man was taken to a police station.