Inmate Mher Yeghiazaryan, who was vice-chairman of Armenian Eagles: United Armenia party and who was on a hunger strike for 44 days, has died died of myocardial infarction, ,the head of the information and public relations department of the Investigative Committee, Naira Harutyunyan wrote on the Facebook page.

Earlier it was reported that at around 6:15am, an ambulance was called to the prison because 51-year-old Yeghiazaryan’s health had sharply grew worse, the Public Relations Department of the Penitentiary Service informed Armenian News-NEWS.am. And at around 6։35am, he was pronounced dead.

A case of large-scale fraud was exposed in Armenia. It was found out that, from February 2014 to October 2018, Armenian Eagles: United Armenia party vice-chairman Mher Yeghiazaryan, who was also the person in charge of Haynews.am news website, had misused the trust in him by several people.