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| Keywords: Armenian Presidential Elections 2008 Protest Day 11 - 1215AM Mashdots and G. Lusavorich Avenues - pockets of protesters.jpg The 11th day of Armenian presidential election protests At 7 30 am the peaceful camp-in protest at Liberty Square in Yerevan was violently ended by Armenian special forces which used truncheons and electric shock devices to disperse the crowd of around 1 000 At 12 30 pm a new crowd marches to the French Embassy in a spontaneous demonstration barricade themselves using abandoned police buses and grow in number to around 150 000 By 12 am about 2 000 demonstrators are left barricaded <br/><br/>In this picture 12 15 am tens of activists can be seen at the intersection of Mashdots Ave and G Lusavorich Street while the bulk of the 2 000 demonstrators remain a quarter mile southwest on G Lusavorich Street at Miasnikyan Square Some of these tens of people loot a nearby grocery store The opposition claims that they are agent provocateurs sent by the government Meanwhile the nearest police -- positioned 2/3 of a kilometer away at Shahumyan square -- allow anarchy to reign in this area for several hours as government TV crews film tens of people looting the grocery store Own 2008-03-02 Serouj 40 10 37 70 N 44 30 12 08 E Demonstrations and protests relating to the Armenian presidential elections 2008 | ||||
