Lawyer: Health of schoolboy arrested after incident involving premier  worse

ArmInfo. The health of 18-year-old schoolboy David Minasyan, who was arrested for two months following the incident at St. Anne Church involving Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, has worsened. Lawyer Lusine Martirosyan reported this on her Facebook page.

According to her, Minasyan is experiencing headaches, dizziness, and  high blood pressure, adding that they periodically visit their client  in the hospital during the day. "His health has deteriorated. The  only thing that gives him hope is that he is under medical  supervision. No child is immune from what is happening to David  Minasyan today. Tomorrow, the same thing could happen to your  children," the lawyer wrote.

As a reminder, on April 1, an Armenian court ordered 18-year-old  David Minasyan's pretrial detention for two months. The investigation  accuses him of offenses under Part 1 of Article 297 of the RA  Criminal Code (hooliganism) and Part 3 of Article 452 of the RA  Criminal Code (interference with the lawful official or political  activity of an official), which carries a prison sentence of two to  five years. The defense intends to appeal the court's decision. The  incident occurred on March 29 at St. Anne's Church on Palm Sunday  during the liturgy, when Pashinyan, accompanied by security, was  heading for the exit. At that moment, Minasyan made a sharp movement  with his hand toward the prime minister, but his hand was pulled back  by bodyguards. That same day, footage circulated online showing a  member of the security service delivering a powerful punch to David  Minasyan's face, causing the young man to fall and, upon rising,  struggle for a long time. It is noteworthy that the Investigative  Committee opened a case under the Criminal Code article "interference  in the lawful official or political activity of an official," despite  Prime Minister Pashinyan himself repeatedly stating that he attends  Sunday liturgies solely as an ordinary parishioner of the Armenian  Apostolic Church.