A corpse found near “Shahumyan 2” cemetery in Yerevan (Photos).

Today, on Feb. 4, at about 6:50pm, an unknown person called to Armenia's Mashtots police department and informed that in “Shahumyan 2” cemetery near Silikyan district there was a man's corpse.

The police with forensic doctor was dispatched to the scene. As photojournalist Gagik Shamshyan informed LURER.com, according to the doctor's preliminary conclusion, there were traces of a cutting-piercing tool on the body of the victim.

The police found out that the latter was Yerevan's Adana 51 resident Hovannes Hovannisyan, 61, who worked in a taxi service. He was in search by the police as missing from Feb. 2.

A criminal case was launched in Mashtots police department.

Photos by Gagik Shamshyan.