Arsen Gevorgyan, the opposition Strong Armenia party's mayoral candidate in Stepanavan city local elections, died this morning in a penitentiary.

He had a heart attack and died suddenly.

Nona Navikyan, head of the public relations department of the Penitentiary Service of Armenia, told Armenian News-NEWS.am that at around 7:55am on Tuesday, an ambulance was called for a detainee born in 1980 due to his deteriorating health. But at around 8:30am, paramedics pronounced this person dead.

The Anti-Corruption Court of Armenia had placed Arsen Gevorgyan under pretrial detention for two months.