YEREVAN.- Armenia’s Shirak region police opened a criminal case on the murder of 65-year-old doctor Ashot Grigoryan.

Suspect Artak Karapetyan, 28, is arrested, photo journalist Gagik Shamshyan reported.

Gyumri city police department was alerted that surgeon of medical emergency service Ashot Grigoryan, 65, was murdered on his duty on Sunday.

Ashot Grigoryan was killed by the son of the patient, whom he tried to assist.

According to the driver of ambulance Sargis Karapetyan, Artak Karapetyan pulled the doctor out of the car, dragged him upstairs and beat him up to death. He also punched the driver and the nurse, as they tried to stop him.

Photo by Gagik Shamshyan