Armenian citizen Naira Grigoryan, who died after the roof of a supermarket collapsed in Latvia, was from Kapan city of Armenia’s Syunik Region. The Armenian News-NEWS.am sources informed the abovementioned. 

Armenian News-NEWS.am managed to establish contact with Grigoryan’s relatives. They informed that the woman had married about ten years ago with another Kapan resident and, subsequently, they had moved to Latvia. She was living there with her husband and two daughters.  

Grigoryan’s relatives told that she was coming home on the day of the incident, and she had called her daughter to ask whether she should bring anything home.

“Once she entered the supermarket, it collapsed five minutes later. They [i.e., the woman’s husband and children] had gone to the morgues; they found her crushed,” her relative said.         

Her body will be brought to Armenia.

To note, Armenian citizen Naira Grigoryan died after the roof of a supermarket collapsed in the Latvian capital, Riga, the Armenian MFA press service had informed. 

The roof of Maxima supermarket in Riga collapsed on November 21. According to the most recent data, the death toll had reached 25, informs the Latvian fire and rescue service. There were three rescue workers among the dead. Forty people, including a child and ten rescuers, were injured. It was unknown as to exactly how many people were trapped in the rubble.

President Andris Bērziņš had announced that mourning will be declared in Latvia.