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An oppositionist claimed attempt on Armenian presidentâ€™s life arrested

10 November 2008 11:14 (UTC +04:00)

The opposition newspapers published claims of French citizen living in Armenia, APA reports. Apchanyan described scenario of several assassination attempt on the presidentâ€™s life, including killing him on board of the plane. He said he received information about the assassination plans against the head of state from his friend working at the military academy of one of the European countries.
Apchanyan said former president Robert Kocharyan, Dashnak Party, as well as forces, who are against the concessions to Azerbaijan in Nagorno Karabakh conflict, were interested in Serzh Sargsyanâ€™s assassination. After the publishing of these claims, a criminal case was launched under the article on assassination attempt against the head of state and later the charge was replaced with the article on spreading of false information.