ALEPPO. – The Armenian man, who was wounded days ago in Aleppo, died in hospital on Friday morning.

Sarkis Kouyoumdjian’s funeral will be held on the same day at St. Mary Armenian Church, according to Kantsasar Armenian newspaper of Syria.

Around 60 to 70 thousand Armenians lived in Syria before the start of the bloody civil war in the country. More than half of these Armenians resided in Aleppo, the largest city in Syria, and the rest lived in capital city Damascus and several other towns.