Epress.am News from Armenia
Haykakan Jamanak (“Armenian Times”) chief editor Nikol Pashinyan was attacked yesterday in the penitentiary in the village of Kosh in Armenia’s Aragatsotn village where he is currently doing time. This news was reported today by Haykakan Jamanak, citing their sources in Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS).
The daily notes that it was unable to find out other details at this time.
“Our sources in the NSS say, however, that the attack was carried out at the command of the presidential office. According to which, the aim was the same: to stop Nikol Pashinyan’s political and journalistic activities at any cost,” writes the local daily paper.