Investigatory actions underway over the collapse of the residential building in Yerevan

An investigatory group formed of employees of the Investigative Committee was created to find out the circumstances of the collapse of the residential building in Yerevan. As the Investigative Committee reports, a criminal case was initiated according to Article 279 of the Criminal Code which is manufacture or sale of goods, or performing work, or providing services which do not meet safety requirements.

 

Within the criminal case the residents of the building are currently being questioned, parallel investigatory actions are conducted in University Hospital N 1 by the investigatory group.Investigatory and procedural actions of great volume are conducted to find out all circumstances of the case, the source said.

 

To remind, the explosion occurred at 07:18 on Wednesday morning in a four-story residential building in Qanaqer-Zeytun administrative district of the capital city. Preliminary data suggests that the gas explosion was recorded in one of the entrances of the building, damaging 12 apartments. Two citizens with several bodily injuries taken out from under the rubbles were taken to University Hospital N 1. The body of the resident of the same house – Artur Ghazaryan, born in 1962, was also taken out.