In connection with the fire that occurred in the building of the military unit in the Gegharkunik region of Armenia and resulted in the death of 15 people, deputy brigade commander for security, lieutenant colonel Gor Agekyan was detained.

APA informs with reference to "Sputnik Armenia" that Gor Abramyan, the press secretary of the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Armenia, informed about this.

It was noted that an investigation is being conducted on Gor Agekyan and he is currently in the building of the Investigative Committee.

It should be noted that 15 servicemen died and 7 received numerous burn injuries during the fire that took place in military unit No. N, which is under the control of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, located in the village of Azat, Gegharkunik province.