YEREVAN.- Armenia’s Ministry of Justice reported a convict commuted a suicide in one of country’s penitentiaries.

Ara Hayrapetyan, 28, hung himself at about 9 a.m. on Thursday, representative of the Ministry Gor Glechyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Back in 2008 Hayrapetyan was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment on the charges of assault and plunder.