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    Emil Lazarian
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Turkish press: Death toll from Armenia blast rises to 16

Saadet Firdevs Apan   |16.08.2022


ANKARA

The death toll from Sunday’s explosion at a market in the Armenian capital Yerevan rose to 16, local media reported on Tuesday.

Thirteen of 16 victims, who were killed in the Surmalu market explosion, are identified, Armenpress news agency quoted Hayk Kostanyan, spokesperson for the Emergency Situations Ministry, as saying.

Kostanyan said that those identified include a pregnant woman and a child. “Now the number of those missing is 10,” he added.

The blast in an explosives warehouse at the Surmalu shopping center caused a fire and led to the collapse of the three-story building.

Meanwhile, all subway stations in the capital Yerevan were closed after a bomb threat was received at 10.05 a.m. local time on Tuesday, the National Center for Crisis Management said.

Bomb disposal teams from the Ministry of Emergencies were dispatched to the stations.

*Writing by Gozde Bayar

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS