YEREVAN. – On Tuesday at around 9:30 a.m., the rescue workers removed from the terrain the body of another person who was declared missing as a result of the landslide that occurred in Armenia’s Tavush Region.   

Search & rescue is continuing, Ministry of Emergency Situations Press Service informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, on Monday at 10:28 a.m., the rescue workers had removed the Mercedes C 220 passenger car of Yerevan residents Armen,38, and Mekhak,47, Sorsumatyan brothers, who were declared missing as a result of the landslide. Bodies of the brothers were discovered in the vehicle.  

On October 2, a landslide occurred at Tavush Region’s Vanadzor-Bagratashen section—nearby Ayrum railway station’s bridge and close to Lchkadzor village—of M6 Interstate Highway. The 130-meter-long and 60-meter-deep terrain covered the road, rendering it completely impassable, and average height of terrain covering the road was 10-15 meters. Around 35 vehicles remained under terrain.