The number of people detained after the incident with Pashinyan in the church has reached three.

A third person has been detained in connection with a criminal case of hooliganism and interference in the activities of an official following an incident involving the Armenian Prime Minister at a church. According to media reports, two of the detainees are schoolchildren.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," two suspects in hooliganism have been detained in Yerevan following a conflict with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at St. Anne's Church. After the liturgy, as the prime minister, accompanied by security, was heading for the exit, one of those present approached him and, saying, "Don't look at me like that!", made a sharp motion with his hand toward the prime minister, the newspaper writes.

A criminal case has been opened in connection with the incident at St. Anne's Church under Part 1 of Article 297 (hooliganism) and Part 3 of Article 452 (interference with the lawful official or political activity of an official) of the Criminal Code of Armenia. Three people have been detained, Armenpress reported, citing the Investigative Committee of Armenia.

Two of those detained are twin brothers and schoolchildren, News.Am reported. According to the agency, they have already reached the age of majority.

Police do not need additional orders to carry out their duties, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated, responding to the agency's question regarding the detention of young people following the incident at the church.

"Caucasian Knot" also wrote about other cases of persecution of the prime minister's opponents. Thus, on March 23, it became known that criminal charges had been brought against an Armenian resident who expressed a desire for a drone to shoot down the plane carrying Nikol Pashinyan.

At the end of February, blogger Hayk Yeghyan was arrested on charges of insulting Pashinyan.

In May 2025, a Yerevan resident was suspected of publicly calling for violence due to a comment under an article about Nikol Pashinyan and the surrender of the country's territories.

In August 2024, security forces Albert Arstamyan, a 71-year-old Yerevan resident, was detained for throwing an apple from the window of his ninth-floor apartment building when Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was visiting a relative. He was charged with hooliganism, but the court acquitted him. Arstamyan admitted he didn't expect an acquittal. He noted that he did not regret what he had done and explained that by throwing an apple at the prime minister, he was expressing his protest against his policies.