"Earth and Water -2" participants and pianist Tigran Hamasyan were attacked in Aragatsotn
ArmInfo.A group of citizens attacked members of the cultural event "Earth and Water -2" initiative group, including the famous pianist Tigran Hamasyan, at the crossroads of Alagyaz-Artik. The organizing committee of the event stated that the initiative group went to Aragats on August 29, with the aim of organizing a festival at the foot of mount Aragats and to film a concert in the field.
The statement notes that a group of approximately 70 people, equipped with technical gear and a piano, together with a world-famous jazz musician, songwriter and performer Tigran Hamasyan and the Khazer choir, went to Lake Rapi on the northern slope of Aragats to arrange the recording and video shooting of the concert.
"Around 16:00, 3 people who had nothing to do with what was going on, arrived at the filming location by car, setting on the opposite bank of the lake and unintentionally appearing in the frame. The organizers of the filming asked the "uninvited guests" to move slightly from the place they had located to avoid disrupting the filming," as stated by the organizing committee of "Earth and Water -2". It is also noted that despite agreeing to change their resting place, they began intentionally disrupting the filming process. "The concert recording ended at 19:45. And the film crew, which consisted of 10 cars, headed to the city. However, when they reached the crossroads of the village of Geghadzor and the H21 road (Artik-Alagyaz), three cars blocked their way.
The people who blocked the road attacked the first few cars in the group's column, broke the window of one of the car in which Tigran Hamasyan was riding, hit the driver of another car in the face several times, and then struck his head on the steering wheel." The organizing committee stated in a relaese, adding that they contacted the police at 21:20. But they arrived at the scene of the incident only at 21:45, when the attackers had already fled the scene.
The organizing committee also reported that they filed a complaint with the police regarding the incident, providing both photographs of the attackers who obstructed the filming and broke the window of one of the cars, as well as photographs of the vehicles and photographs of the license plates. "We expect the RA Police and other law enforcement agencies to work urgently and effectively in identifying the criminals. Otherwise, we will take further actions to seek justice. Armenia must be rid of criminals. If law enforcement agencies cannot address the issue, we will do it our own way," the event organizers concluded.