They promised to smash one of activists’ head
The tension in Yerevan's Mashtots Park continues amid environmentalists' protest against installation of dismantled kiosks.
A1+'s journalist reports from the ground that the activists blocked the way of trucks and other vehicles which had arrived on the avenue to install the kiosks. One of the drivers even threatened an activist to smash his head with metal rod.
Chief of the Yerevan Police Department Nerses Nazaryan is presently negotiating with the protesters.
In reply to A1+ how it happened that the he decided to conduct negotiations personally, Mr Nazaryan said, "I am here to keep public order."
Then he said that he had been requested to restore order in Mashtots Park.
The activists also applied to Mr Nazaryan demanding to prevent installation of kiosks in the green area which were removed from Abovyan street.
Lawmakers from the opposition Heritage party have also joined the environmentalists.
