YEREVAN, January 9. /ARKA/. Armenian Police said they have opened a criminal case into an attempted robbery of a currency exchange office located in a trading center in the capital city Yerevan. The attempted robbery was reported on January 4, 2020 at around 20.20.
The alleged criminal was said to enter the exchange office and attacked one of its employees by a knife demanding that he give all the money. The attacker was shown resistance by the employee and a co-worker. The attacker manages to escape from the scene.
The police said they have established the identity of the person who committed the crime. He is a Yerevan-born man, aged 33. He was tracked down and detained on suspicion of robbery. Later, the court allowed his arrest.
A suspect or accused of an alleged crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty according to a court verdict that enters into legal force in the manner established by the Code of Criminal Procedure of Armenia .– 0–
