Tragedy as young bride drowns in the bath

By a Staff Reporter

A YOUNG RUSSIAN bride died in the bath at the weekend after a heavy drinking session with her 21-year-old husband.

Diana Alakhverdyan, 23, was found submerged in bath water by her husband Artour shortly after 6am on Sunday, in the bathroom of their Limassol hotel suite.

Her husband told police they had spent the previous evening on the town, having dinner and drinking, before returning to the hotel where they continued drinking.

Artour got into bed at around 9.30pm, just as his wife got into a full bath.

When he got up at about 6am, he noticed that Diana had never made it to bed.

He searched the room and found his wife’s body in the bathtub. He alerted the hotel manager, who called police.

State pathologist Eleni Antoniou carried out the autopsy. She said there was no evidence of foul play and gave cause of death as asphyxiation caused by choking.

The couple fell in love during their studies and got married in October. They arrived in Cyprus for a month’s holiday on Saturday

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