Text of report by Armenian news agency Noyan Tapan Yerevan, 5th May:
A fire was detected on the night of 5th May at the election headquarters of Kim Balayan, a candidate for deputy of the Armenian National Assembly, who is running for election as a candidate of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun in Yerevan's electoral precinct No 5 (Arabkir). Balayan was notified of the fire this morning by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and National Security. On arrival at the scene of the incident, the candidate for deputy discovered that apart from several broken windows and a burnt door, the headquarters had suffered no major damage. Nor are there any casualties. Kim Balayan said that at present he could not suspect anybody and would await the findings of the criminal investigation into the fire by the law-enforcement agencies.
Source: Noyan Tapan news agency, Yerevan, in Russian 1050 gmt 05 May 99 BBC Mon TCU 050599 cal/ek