“We will build a new state ... State institutions are not working here. An unknown number of gunmen seized the police station last Sunday to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Jirair Sefilian. I demand Sefilian’s release and Sarksyan’s resignation,” he replied in the broadcast. The gunmen killed one police officer and took nine others hostage, releasing two of them the same day and three more on Monday. Armed men holed up for almost a week at a police station in the Armenian capital refused to lay down their weapons after freeing their last four hostages on Saturday, instead demanding the resignation of President Serzh Sarksyan.

Source: Hindustan Times July 23, 2016 18:56 UTC