Murder in prison

21/01/2006

On January 9, the Gyumri police department received a call from the ambulance. It turned out that Roman Brutyan, born in 1985 and a prisoner at the #2 “Gyumri” prison of the Health Ministry of the Republic of Armenia had suddenly died.

According to the police of the Republic of Armenia, during an investigation on January 10, it turned out that Brutyan died due to the bone fracture in the brain. During legal proceedings, it turned out that on January 8, prisoners of the abovementioned cell R. Brutyan and Mkrtich M. (born in 1977) had argued during which Mkrtich had hit the right ear of Brutyan and as a result, he had lost consciousness and died. The Shirak Marz prosecutor’s office are leading the investigation.