On June 8 at 5:36 p.m. the National Center for Crisis Management at the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia received an alarm according to which a citizen was trying to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge in the Davtashen Administrative District of Yerevan.

A firefighting-rescue squad and the instructor of the Psychological Support Division of the Yerevan Rescue Department of the Rescue Service at the Ministry of Emergency Situations left for the scene.

The citizen’s attempt to commit suicide was prevented through the combined efforts of Advisor to the Prime Minister of Armenia Robert Ghukasyan, Secretary of the Staff of Davtashen Administrative District Sahak Asatryan, rescuers, the instructor of the Psychological Support Division and police officers.