At around 10:40pm on Monday, Yerevan police received a call that there was a woman's dead body in a house, shamshyan.com reported.

Police and investigators who arrived at the scene found the body of an elderly woman in the house.

According to preliminary information, she had died as a result of a stab from a sharp object.

A report on the incident is being prepared in the investigation department.

Later, it was found out that the deceased was Yerevan resident Lusya Mkrtchyan, 84.