Armed standoff heats up in Armenian capital as gunmen seize hostages


  • World
  • Wednesday, 27 Jul 2016

Riot police clash with demonstrators who had gathered in a show of support for gunmen holding several hostages in a police station in Yerevan, Armenia, July 20, 2016. Hrant Khachatryan/PAN Photo/Handout via REUTERS

YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armed men holed up at a police station in Armenia's capital Yerevan took several doctors hostage on Wednesday, ratcheting up tension in their 10-day standoff with security forces.

The group of 30 gunmen seized the police station on July 17, killing a police officer, wounding two others and taking hostage nine officers.

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