A body of a young man was found in Lake Sevan on Sunday.

The Emergency Situations Ministry received alert on Sunday evening. The man drowned five meters away from the shore, the Ministry informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The rescuers took out of the water the body of Aygestan Poghosyan, 29-year-old resident of Nor village. No details are reported.

Earlier the Emergency Situations Ministry said five fatal cases were registered in Armenia’s Lake Sevan over seven months. Fourteen people were rescued by lifeguards.