12:01, 9 March 2023

YEREVAN, MARCH 9, ARMENPRESS. A serviceman of the Armenian Armed Forces was found dead on March 8, the Ministry of Defense announced Thursday.

The ministry released the identity of the deceased servicemember as Andranik K. Ohanyan. Neither the duty station nor the rank of the deceased soldier were made available.

An investigation is underway to reveal the cause of death, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement, extending condolences to the family and friends of the serviceman.

Investigators revealed that conscript Andranik Ohanyan’s body was found hanged from a tree in a forest near a base. Authorities are treating the death of the serviceman as suicide. A criminal case under paragraph 1 Article 522 of the Criminal Code is instituted. The article deals with reckless abetment of suicide, the Investigative Committee reported.

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