Today at 8:40 p.m. the National Center for Crisis Management of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia received an alarm according to which a citizen wanted to jump off Victory Bridge in Yerevan, a reported the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

A firefighting-rescue squad of the Yerevan Rescue Department of the Rescue Service, an operative group of the National Center for Crisis Management and the on-duty psychologist of the Psychological Support Division left for the scene of the incident, and police and rescuers prevented the male citizen’s attempt to commit suicide.

The citizen was transferred to the local police station.