At 10:15am on Wednesday, Private Argishti Yeghyan (born in 2002) was found dead at a military base of the military unit located in the eastern direction of Armenia—and with a gunshot wound to the chest.
An investigation is underway into the incident, the Ministry of Defense informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
The deceased was a resident of Goris city, according to shamshyan.com.
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