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Justice

Man who insulted woman on bus arrested

First reported by 24news.am: 11:53

Updated 14:18, 28 sources

Justice. Photo: Ousag / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped
Photo: Ousag / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

The man seen in a video of an incident on public transport has been identified, arrested and brought to the investigative body, Interior Ministry spokesperson Narek Sargsyan said. In the video circulated online, the man was insulting the woman accompanying him on a bus, after which another passenger intervened and an argument broke out. According to Sargsyan, materials compiled on October 19 on the fact of an apparent crime had already been sent to the investigative body.

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  1. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  2. 24news.am (Opposition)
  3. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  4. Mediahub (Opposition)
  5. News.am (Opposition)
  6. Radar Armenia (Opposition)
  7. Tert.am (Opposition)
  8. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  9. Hraparak (Opposition)
  10. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  11. Oragir.news (Opposition)
  12. Ararat News (Balanced)
  13. Factor (Balanced)
  14. Infocom (Balanced)
  15. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  16. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  17. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  18. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  19. Yerkir Media (Opposition)
  20. Politik.am (Opposition)
  21. 1in.am (Balanced)
  22. Livenews.am (Opposition)
  23. Panorama (Opposition)
  24. Aravot (Balanced)
  25. FreeNews (Pro-government)
  26. Public Radio of Armenia (Pro-government)
  27. Azatutyun (RFE/RL) (Balanced)
  28. Iravunk (Opposition)

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