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GYUMRI, AUGUST 14, ARMENPRESS. The minibus that collided with a truck on Monday in the Shirak Province killing 11 passengers was returning from Turkey after a tourism tour, a family member of a victim told ARMENPRESS.

The minibus is owned by Hamshen Tour. The travel agency’s CEO, Gevorg Petrosyan, told ARMENPRESS that the Armenian tourists were returning from a tour from eastern Turkey where they traveled to visit historic Armenian settlements in what is now commonly referred to as Western Armenia.

Due to the closed land border, bus tours from Armenia to Turkey are operated via Georgia.