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Defense Ministry Investigating Case of Soldier who Died of Pneumonia

At around 9:50 am on Feb. 20, rank-and-file soldier Narek Martirosyan died after being admitted to the intensive care unit at the Ministry of Defense’s Central Hospital days earlier.

The soldier, who had been serving in one of the units in Nagorno-Karabakh, was admitted to hospital on Feb. 16 and diagnosed with pneumonia.

Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia is currently gathering materials in connection with the case and a forensic examination has been assigned, senior officer with the public relations division at the RA Defense Ministry investigation service Meri Sargsyan informed Epress.am.