Arsen Gevorgyan, Strong Armenia party representative, dies in prison

Arsen Gevorgyan, a Strong Armenia party candidate in the Stepanavan elections, died in prison this morning.

According to Alpha News, Gevorgyan suffered a heart attack and died suddenly.

“At around 7:55 a.m. on November 10, an ambulance was called for a detainee born in 1980, who was being held at the Nubarashen penitentiary institution of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia, after his condition deteriorated. At around 8:30 a.m., the ambulance crew recorded the detainee’s biological death,” said Nona Navikyan, spokesperson for the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice.

Gevorgyan was detained on October 21, four days before the elections to the Stepanavan Council of Elders. On the same day, the Anti-Corruption Court ordered him held in pretrial detention for two months.