Armenia: Four arrested over ‘Bomb Attacks’ on the ruling party

Law-enforcement authorities have arrested four men accused of attempting politically motivated bomb attacks against members and supporters of Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party.

According to the law-enforcement agency, one of the suspects planted an “improvised explosive device” that went off near the Yerevan house of Gagik Melkonian, a Civil Contract parliamentarian, early on February 10. He mistakenly threw the bomb into the courtyard of an adjacent house, it said, adding that purpose of the attack was to “keep [Melkonian] away from specific political statements and positions.”