YEREVAN. – There are no answers yet from the forensic examination that was commissioned in the case into Armenian citizen Karen Petrosyan, who had died in prison in Azerbaijan.   

Armenia National Security Service Spokesperson Artsvin Baghramyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am that the Republican Scientific-Practical Center of Forensic Medicine is conducting the examination and there is no news at this time. 

Criminal proceedings also have been instituted into the death of Petrosyan.

Karen Petrosyan, a 32-year-old resident of Chinari village of Armenia’s Tavush Region, was captured by the Azerbaijanis on August 7, and on the next day, Azerbaijan informed that the young man had “suddenly” died of an “acute heart failure.” The Azerbaijani authorities had returned Petrosyan’s body to Armenia on October 10.