YEREVAN. – A man attempted to jump over the Davitashen Bridge in Yerevan on Thursday, police informed the Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Police, however, managed to persuade him not to jump and prevented the suicide. The man wanted to commit a suicide due to his lost in casino.

In a similar case, a suicide attempt by a 14-year-old girl was prevented in Armenia’s Kapan city on Wednesday. The police and the social employees in Kapan have run negotiations with the girl for about 40 minutes so that she had not taken the step.