Chair of Armbusinessbank board beaten up in his office room: Newspaper

YEREVAN, June 14. /ARKA/.  The chairman of Armbusinessbank Board Sergey Arzumanyan was severely beaten up in his office room Monday evening, Haykakan Zhamanak (Armenian Time) newspaper reports, referring to its own sources.

According to the newspaper, four or five people burst into his office room, beat him up and left the bank. Arzumanyan followed them beaten beyond recognition.
The newspaper also says Arzumanyan had a tense telephone talk with someone just half an hour before the incident.

The bank refused to comment on the incident.
Armbusinessbank closed joint stock company (Arminvestbank before August 26, 2006) was registered on December 10, 1991.  –0—

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