Authorities in Armenia call on police hostage takers to give up
None
YEREVAN- Authorities in Armenia called on gunmen holed up in a police station in the capital Yerevan to lay down their arms on Monday and release five police officers they were holding hostage.
The gunmen seized the police station and hostages on Sunday, killing one police officer and wounding two others in the process before demanding Armenians take to the streets to secure the release of jailed opposition politicians.
They released two hostages on Sunday and released two more on Monday, the security service said.
