As the society has witnessed, the protest of the participants gathered in front of the Parliament went beyond the freedom of expression and peaceful assembly prescribed by the law and has turned into violence.
Despite the requests of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, attempts to storm the Parliament building, resistance to the Police, acts of violence as well as disobedience of lawful demands by the protesters continued.
Accordingly, in order to prevent breaking into the Parliament premises, injuring of citizens and police, as well as physical confrontation, Police used special means of proportional force in compliance with the law.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs will make legal assessment of the attempts to organize the mass unrest and break into the premises of the Parliament. The Ministry will respond to each case of offense and crime.
