
Three of Four Arrested in Yerevan Market Blast Investigation Detained
Three of the four individuals arrested on August 26 as part of the investigation into the August 14 fire and explosion that killed sixteen at Yerevan’s Surmalu Market, have been detained.
The three shop owners face charges of causing death by negligence.
The deputy director of the Yerevan Canning Factory CJSC, the company that runs the market, will be released.
Arevik Khachatryan, head of the public affairs department of the Prosecutor General’s Office, told Hetq that the deputy director is charged with violating fire safety regulations that resulted in death or serious injury.
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