YEREVAN. – A murder took place Sunday in a village close to Armenia’s Vanadzor city.

Armenian News-NEWS.am received information, on late Sunday night, notifying that a dead body—with traces of violence—was discovered in a restaurant in Shahumyan village. According to the information, an argument had started between the restaurant patrons, and one of them had stabbed another client several times and, as a result, the latter died on the spot.   

The Police press service confirmed this information by Armenian News-NEWS.am, and added that the victim was capital city Yerevan resident Samvel Sharbatyan, who was born in 1963.

A forensic medical examination is commissioned.

To note, Sharbatyan was a member of the Chamber of Advocates of Armenia.