Emergency Incident in Yerevan: Citizen Attempts to Enter Nightclub, Then Reports Bomb Inside

An emergency incident occurred in Yerevan on January 9. Around 04:10, the 911 emergency call center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations received a report that an explosive device had been placed inside the 'Poligraf' nightclub located on Teryan Street. The caller also stated that he had received this information about 30 minutes prior, according to shamshyan.com.

According to sources, operatives from the 8th fire-rescue unit and the engineering team of the Ministry of Emergency Situations quickly arrived at the scene. At the site, officers from the Central Police Department informed the rescuers that their intervention was not needed, and the rescue team returned to their unit. However, some time later, the duty officer from the Central Police Department called 911, stating that additional assistance from rescuers was required to further investigate the club premises.

This time, the 8th fire-rescue unit was joined by the canine team from the 15th rescue unit. As a result of the site survey, it was determined that the alert was false.

The source also reported that officers from the Central Department, led by department head Arman Papyan, identified the source of the false alarm, who claimed to be a journalist attempting to enter the nightclub but was denied entry, prompting him to make the false report.