Armenia, Gyumri tragedy: Six-month-old survivor dies in hospital

The six-month-old child who was the only survivor in last week’s brutal murder in Gyumri has died in hospital without regaining consciousness.

Doctors did not manage to save the six-month-old Seryozha Avetisyan, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Health told our correspondent.

Nikolay Dallakyan, the director of the Surb Astvatsatsin Medical Center, said earlier today that the child’s condition had sharply deteriorated. The biological death was registered at 5:02 local time.

Despite continuing long-lasting intensive care procedures by leading Armenian and foreign specialists, the child’s condition did not stabilize. The young patient developed cardiovascular, pulmonary and kidney disorders caused irrevocable changes leading to his eventual death.