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| Keywords: Armenian Presidential Elections 2008 Protest Day 11 - 1205AM Activist Frontlines.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/>This picture 12 am shows the activist front lines about 500ft southwest of the police front lines at Shahumyan Square Note the riot shields confiscated from police and the police bus barricade in the background right Activists hold long metal rods and have some Molotov cocktails ready No firearms or grenades were seen despite government reports Own 2008-03-02 Serouj 40 10 32 19 N 44 30 25 61 E Demonstrations and protests relating to the Armenian presidential elections 2008 | ||||
