Armenian officials urge hostage-takers to surrender

By Hasmik Mkrtchyan YEREVAN (Reuters) - Authorities in Armenia called on gunmen holed up in a police station in the capital Yerevan to lay down their arms on Monday and release four people they were holding hostage. The gunmen seized the police station and hostages on Sunday, killing a police officer and wounding two others in the process before demanding Armenians take to the streets to secure the release of jailed opposition politicians. The hostage-takers' main demand is to free Jirair Sefili