YEREVAN. – The dead body of conscript, Private Vanichka Hovakimyan was found, on Tuesday at around 6:10pm, in the area of a military unit of the Armenian Ministry of Defense (MOD).

Hovakimyan’s body was found with a gunshot wound in the lower jaw.

The MOD Investigation Service opened a criminal case on the incident, and an investigation is underway, informs the MOD press service.