YEREVAN. - Officers of Rescue Service of Aragatsotn region of Armenia found the body of 47-year-old Manvel Avetisyan in Kasakh River on Thursday.

The man’s body was found 3,5-4 km of the accident site, photo journalist Gagik Shamshyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

As reported earlier, two people fell into Kasakh River on Wednesday near the town of Ashtarak, Armenia. Ashot Karapetyan, 48, was saved by local citizens prior to rescuers’ arrival. The man was taken to hospital. The second person was considered to have drowned. The course of the river was strong and rescuers had being searching for the man for a long time.

Photo by Gagik Shamshyan