Artsakh war veteran says Ruben Hayrapetyan's security team member was among those who beat him

Smbat Hakobyan, an Artsakh war veteran, who was severely beaten in the center of Yerevan on September 21, has said today, that the person who has beaten him is a member of Armenian Football Federation President Ruben Hayrapetyan's security team and his name is Tigran. "I can not tell whether he still works in Hayrapetyan's security team", Hakobyan said.

Hakobyan told the details of the incident during a talk with journalists in hospital. According to Hakobyan, he had a political dispute with Ruben Hayrapetyan two months ago and at the end of that dispute Hayrapetyan told him "Just you wait!" To note, Artsakh war veterans are conducting an action of protest to support Smbat Hakobyan near the Grigor Lusavorich medical center in Yerevan. 

To note, on September 21 Smbat Hakobyan, an Artsakh war veteran, was severely beaten in the center of Yerevan. A few minutes prior to the incident, Hakobyan, together with a number of civic initiatives, participated in a protest action in front of the office of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), calling for shift in power.  Hakobyan was hospitalized with numerous injuries and fractures. At the moment he is at the intensive care unit and his condition is moderately grave. A   forensic-medical examination has been appointed and the investigation is being held.