Ara Mkhitaryan's Health Condition Remains Unchanged, He is Still in a Coma - Hovhannisyan

The health condition of Lieutenant Colonel Ara Mkhitaryan, who was attacked in Vayots Dzor on the night of September 18, 2019, has not changed. This was stated today in an interview with Tert.am by the spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense, Artsrun Hovhannisyan.

Due to the incident in Vayots Dzor, Ara Mkhitaryan fell into a coma, and his health condition has not improved thus far.

The lieutenant colonel was initially diagnosed with "moderate contusion of the right hemisphere of the brain, subdural hematoma in the region of the right temporal, parietal, and frontal lobes, expressed with lateral dislocation of the temporal lobes" and underwent emergency surgery after being transferred to the hospital.

It should be recalled that on the night of September 18, 2019, in the town of Yeghgnadzor, Vayots Dzor Province, Lieutenant Colonel Ara Mkhitaryan was subjected to beating.

The former governor of Vayots Dzor, Tigran Sargsyan, was also considered a suspect in the criminal case, as reported by four servicemen from Vayots Dzor.

Later, the Investigative Committee of Armenia reported that the former governor, Tigran Sargsyan, did not witness the beating of Mkhitaryan and was not even present at the scene of the incident. The assistant to the governor of Vayots Dzor, Harutyun Grigoryan, and his brother, Zaven Grigoryan, were implicated as defendants in the criminal case, having been arrested for striking Ara Mkhitaryan with fists and a baton.