Father throws children and jumps from 9th floor: new details known from tragic incident in Yerevan

New details have become known from the tragic incident that took place today in the morning in Yerevan.

At about 7:40 a.m. the Police and the 9-11 hotline received a call about three dead bodies between two buildings in Yerevan Malatya-Sebastia administrative region.

Police and rescuers who arrived at the scene found the dead bodies of Karen M., 40, an 8-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl, who were the residents of one of these buildings, shamshyan.com reported.

Several people who had gathered at the scene said. "The father lived with the children on the ninth floor of the 92 building, and according to the information we received, the father threw the children out of the window and then threw himself."

The neighbors added that the man was divorced.

According to the source, the man had called his ex-wife a day ago, saying that he missed his children, asked her to come to his house with the kids. And when it had gotten late, he told ex-wife that they could not go out at this late time, they should stay there, and go in the morning. In the morning the tragdey happened.

The people also said that the man was a former military.