The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) insisted on Monday that a controversial businessman affiliated with it is not responsible for a violent assault that occurred at a Yerevan restaurant owned by his family.
The businessman, Ruben Hayrapetian, came under media fire after three military doctors were severely beaten up by restaurant staff in still unclear circumstances on June 17. The doctors were hospitalized and one of them remains in critical condition. Seven men, most of them security guards, were arrested on assault charges last week as the Armenian police pledged to punish those responsible for the violence.
The police have faced public calls for also investigating Hayrapetian's possible role in the incident. He has been accused in some media outlets and online social networks of possibly sanctioning or even ordering the beatings.
Armenian News
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