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One person identified over attack on Yerevan No. 2 trolleybus driver

Society. Photo: Artavazd6 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped
Photo: Artavazd6 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

On the morning of November 13 in Yerevan, the driver of a Chevrolet car insulted and spat on the driver of a route No. 2 trolleybus during an argument, after which a scuffle broke out. According to Askanaz Petrosyan, chief engineer of the Electrotransport company, the incident began with a light signal given by the trolleybus driver. Interior Ministry spokesperson Narek Sargsyan said one person has been identified and the materials will be sent to the Investigative Committee.

Coverage timeline

First to report: News.am10:08Opposition

Pro-government 2 / 6 First: Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes), 42 min later
Balanced 4 / 14 First: Mamul.am, 46 min later
Opposition 12 / 20 First: News.am, 10:08

Foreign outlets: 1, first: Sputnik Armenia, 13:12

Timeline as a list
  1. News.am (Opposition)
  2. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  3. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  4. Hayeli (Opposition)
  5. Tert.am (Opposition)
  6. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  7. Oragir.news (Opposition)
  8. Factor (Balanced)
  9. Infocom (Balanced)
  10. Ararat News (Balanced)
  11. 5th Channel (Opposition)
  12. Alphanews.am (Opposition)
  13. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  14. Mediahub (Opposition)
  15. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  16. Yerevan.Today (Opposition)
  17. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  18. Yerkir Media (Opposition)
  19. Politik.am (Opposition)

All sources

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