An emergency occurred Wednesday in Armavir Province of Armenia, shamshyan.com reported.

At around 11:30pm, the police received a call from the Armavir city hospital informing that several people diagnosed with intestinal infection had been brought this medical center.

It turned out that they are Armavir province residents 42-year-old Ruzan Makaryan, 85-year-old Shoghik Asatryan, 75-year-old Frida Arakelyan, 21-year-old Anushik Baroyan, 30-year-old Marine Khachatryan, 26-year-old Hovhannes Khachatryan, 24-year-old Gevorg Muradyan, 46-year-old Vard Tepanosyan, and 42-year-old Mkrtich Barseghyan.

They informed the doctors, then the police and investigators that they were poisoned by water.

Materials are being prepared on the incident.

A number of examinations have been appointed.