The dead body of Nare Martirosyan, born in 2018, who had been searched for since Monday, was found today, at around 9:30 a.m., in the Pambak river, about 500 meters from the alleged scene, the Rescue Service of Armenia informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
The body of the 7-year-old girl was discovered by an underwater diver, according to shamshyan.com.
On Monday, at 2:45 p.m., the Lori provincial operational management center had received a report that a child had fallen into the Pambak river in Vanadzor city and rescuers were needed.
On the same day, at 5:05 p.m., a person also called the emergency hotline and reported that two children, aged 7 and 13, had left from an address in Vanadzor, but had not reached the intended destination.
Search operations had begun.
Vanadzor residents say that while crossing a pipe across the aforesaid river, the younger sister had fallen into the Pambak river, and the older sibling had tried to catch her, but also had fallen into the water.
