June 17 • 06:10, 2026
Body of a 7-year-old girl has been found in the Pambak River - search operations continue
Today, at around 9:30, the body of Nare Martirosyan, born in 2018, who had been searched for since June 15th, was found in the Pambak River, approximately 500 meters from the presumed scene of the incident.
As a reminder, on June 15, at 14:45 an emergency call was received to Lori Regional Operative Management Center about a child drowning. Subsequently, at 17:05, another emergency call was received reporting that two children, aged 7 and 13, had left an address on Narekatsi Street in the city of Vanadzor and had not reached their intended destination.
The search operations on site are being coordinated by Aram Ghazaryan - Director of the Rescue Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs. Rescue and police personnel, volunteers, divers, and drones are involved, with boats and other technical means also being used.