Bodies Found in Back Building Says Armen Pambukhchyan

During a press conference, Minister of Emergency Situations Armen Pambukhchyan addressed areas at risk of collapse, noting that they might be dismantled. “We dismantled two columns yesterday, there are two more sections, one is the main building, which we don't want to touch yet, and there are also buildings in the back where, by the way, we found bodies yesterday. Once we understand that there are no more citizens there, we are considering dismantling it, as they pose certain dangers,” he stated.

It’s worth recalling that on August 14, at 13:23, the National Crisis Management Center received a report that an explosion occurred at the ‘Surmalu’ shopping center located at 15 Arshakunyats Avenue in Yerevan, causing partial collapse of the three-story building.