A convict has died in a Yerevan penitentiary.

At around 12:15am on Monday, the health of Z. K., (born in 1987)—a convict of Nubarashen Penitentiary in Yerevan—deteriorated sharply, the penitentiary informs Armenian News-NEWS.am.

He was administered first aid on the spot and an ambulance was called to this prison.

And the ambulance doctor who arrived at the scene at 12:30 pronounced this convict dead.

The Investigative Committee of Armenia is preparing materials regarding the incident.