ArmInfo. A well-known Armenian businessman, member of the RA National Assembly Khachatur Sukiasyan demands to bring to justice those responsible for spreading  lies regarding the alleged involvement of the businessman's family in  the explosion in the Surmalu shopping center.

<After the explosion in the Surmalu shopping center on August 14,  slanderous materials appeared on social networks, as well as in some  media, that the explosion in the shopping center was organized by MP  Khachatur Sukiasyan and members of his family. Some users on social  networks, as well as from fake user accounts, launched an organized  campaign against the Sukiasyans with similar content. This is done  for political purposes and with specific instructions to sow hatred  towards the Sukiasyans and tarnish their good reputation", the MP  said in a statement on his Facebook page.

According to the parliamentarian, since the abovementioned  information, in addition to being a blatant lie, also contains signs  of a clear crime associated with a false accusation of a serious  crime, he expects that the law enforcement agencies will find and  bring the perpetrators to justice, preventing the repetition of "a  vile act against the family or others people in the future. "We offer  our condolences to the relatives of the victims," the businessman  said in a statement.

The explosion in the Surmalu shopping center took place on August 14  at 13:23. A possible cause was a fire in a pyrotechnics warehouse,  where, according to head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations  Armen Pambukhchyan, up to 4 tons of explosives were stored. 16 people  died, 1 citizen is considered missing, 62 people were hospitalized, 4  of them continue treatment in medical institutions of the republic.  The General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic initiated a criminal  case on the fact of the explosion and its consequences.