YEREVAN. – The Hrazdan city department of Armenia’s Police received a call from hospital, in the late evening on Monday, informing that the ambulance staff had transferred the dead body of Samvel Hovhannisyan, 40. 

The operative police squad, which was dispatched to the scene, found out that Hovhannisyan had died on the same day at around 9:30pm, informs the Police press service.

He had lost his life as a result of an unknown explosion during a route exploration at the mine of a company.     

The circumstances of the incident are being ascertained, and an investigation is in progress.