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2nd LD: Armed standoff comes to end in Armenia, gunmen surrender

Xinhua, August 1, 2016 Adjust font size:

Armenia's security service said Sunday that gunmen holed up in a police building in Yerevan just announced their surrender, ending the two-week standoff.

"After consistent and coordinated measures, the special forces of the law-enforcement agencies of Armenia have made the members of the armed group to lay their arms and surrender," the security service said in a statement.

All the 20 members have been detained, it added.

The gunmen seized the police station on July 17 in a bid to pressure the government to release Jirair Sefilian, leader of the opposition group Founding Parliament.

They killed one police officer and wounded several others during the attack. Endit