YEREVAN. – The elderly woman, who had set herself on fire at Republic Square of Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan on December 20, has died.

Karine Babayan, head of the Department of Burns at Yerevan Research Center of Radiation Medicine and Burns—where this woman was being treated, told about the aforesaid to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“Overall, the burned surface in the 86-year-old woman was 25 percent,” Babayan said. “But during this time the other illnesses of the woman grew worse, and she died yesterday [Sunday].”

As reported earlier, an elderly woman attempted to commit suicide in downtown Yerevan, on December 20.

Elderly woman sets self on fire at Yerevan Republic Square