Russian embassy in Bogota is checking reports on the murder of Russian national Arsen Voskanyan by Columbian ELN guerrilla group.

The embassy together with the Colombian authorities are checking information about the fate of Arsen Voskanyan, spokesperson for the embassy Denis Khromov told TASS.

Colombia’s ELN guerrilla group informed that an Armenian-Russian citizen it held hostage for six months was killed in April while trying to escape.