Prisoner escapes from Yerevan hospital

An inmate of "Nubarashen" Penitentiary, Arayik Sargsyan, who was undergoing medical treatment at Yerevan hospital, has escaped from there on November 18, at around 5am.

According to the Penitentiary Service, Sargsyan (born in 1988), who had previously been convicted seven times, had been sentenced to 6 years and 6 months in prison, News.am reported.