YEREVAN. – A tragic incident occurred Wednesday in Armavir penitentiary, in Armenia.

Inmate Armen Parsadanyan, who was previously convicted five times, was found dead in a prison cell.

Head of Public Relations at the Penitentiary Department of Armenia, Gor Ghlechyan, told the aforementioned to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

According to preliminary data, Parsadanyan had committed suicide by hanging himself from a bedstead.

Armen Parsadanyan was convicted of attempted murder, and his prison sentence was to come to an end in 2019.