The armed group Sasna Tsrer, the group that seized the police station in Yerevan in 2016, released a statement on June 5 that "they’re calling off armed struggle and will support Nikol Pashinyan’s government."

"The target of the Sasna Tsrer armed rebellion was the treasonous and criminal regime. Although it did not reach a final result, it cut down the regime's lifeline, exhausted its bullets, dropped the plan of surrendering Artsakh [Nagorno Karabakh], and consequent handover of our sovereignty to foreigners. This led to the opening of a door and an opportunity for the victory of peaceful rebellion through civil disobedience,” the statement says.

“Now we have a government that enjoys people's trust."

On July 17 2016, members of the Sasna Tsrer armed group carried out an armed attack on Yerevan’s Erebuni Police Patrol regiment. They broke into the gate with a truck, three policemen were killed as a result of clashes.

The 31 members of the Sasna Tsrer group kept the police station under siege for 15 days, after which they surrendered.

The members of the group are charged with seizure of police property with the use of illegal weapons, as well as hostage taking, and destruction of property by means of illegal weapons. Two of them were charged with murder of the three policemen.

The members of Sasna Tsrer do not plead guilty, saying they are rebels and their goal was the change of government.

Criminal charges brought against the members of the group are still being heard in the Court of First Instance.

Garegin Chugaszyan, leader of the Founding Parliament, had been on a hunger strike for more than a month demanding the release of the detained members of Sasna Tsrer. He ended the hunger strike on May 24, in response to a request from Armenia’s Primie Minister Nikol Pashinyan who went to visit him personally.

The name of the group Sasna Tsrer was taken from the Armenian epos. Heroes of the epos were called Sasna Tsrer or Dardevills of Sassoon.

Zara Poghosyan