Justice

Man, 31, arrested for damaging church property in Parakar

Justice. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, cropped
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, cropped

On November 9, a 31-year-old man broke church property on the grounds of Surb Harutyun Church in the Parakar community of Armavir Province, the Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. He was arrested on suspicion of hooliganism and taken to a police station. According to an eyewitness, the man was chanting that he had seen God and had come to "cleanse the church of everyone." The circumstances of the incident are being clarified.

Coverage timeline

First to report: Hayeli18:10Opposition

Pro-government 5 / 6 First: Public TV news (H1 / Lurer), 21 min later
Balanced 11 / 14 First: Shant TV / Shantnews, 26 min later
Opposition 15 / 21 First: Hayeli, 18:10

Foreign outlets: 1, first: Sputnik Armenia, 19:49

Timeline as a list
  1. Hayeli (Opposition)
  2. News.am (Opposition)
  3. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  4. 24news.am (Opposition)
  5. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  6. Infocom (Balanced)
  7. Hraparak (Opposition)
  8. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  9. Factor (Balanced)
  10. Armlur / Joghovurd (Opposition)
  11. Yerevan.Today (Opposition)
  12. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  13. Tert.am (Opposition)
  14. Radar Armenia (Balanced)
  15. 1in.am (Balanced)
  16. Mediahub (Opposition)
  17. Oragir.news (Opposition)
  18. Azatutyun (RFE/RL) (Balanced)
  19. Ararat News (Balanced)
  20. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  21. Livenews.am (Opposition)
  22. FreeNews (Pro-government)
  23. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  24. Yerkir Media (Opposition)
  25. Aravot (Balanced)
  26. 5th Channel (Opposition)
  27. Politik.am (Opposition)
  28. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  29. Hetq (Balanced)
  30. CivilNet (Balanced)
  31. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  32. 168 Zham (Opposition)

All sources

Labels as of 12 November 2026

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