YEREVAN. – A criminal case has been launched, and on charges of violation of the employment protection rules, in connection with the collapse of a semi-constructed building at the heart of Armenia’s capital city Yerevan, the Police press service informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.   

A Police operative investigation team had arrived on the scene, and the case is being investigated. Corresponding examinations will be commissioned within the framework of the criminal case, and solely after these studies will it be possible to speak about the cause(s) of the collapse.       

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, a construction crew of eleven remained under the debris as a result of Thursday’s collapse of a building in downtown Yerevan. The Ministry of Emergency Situations  received a call at 1:10pm informing that firemen and rescuers were needed. Subsequently, the firemen and rescuers were dispatched to the scene.

And the identities of the nine injured are made public, and they are as follows: Kamo Kagramanov, 50, Arman, 40, Arman Grigoryan, 25, Arsen Hayrapetyan, 30, Nahapet Badalyan, Volodya Matevosyan, Sirak Tovmasyan, Edik Sukiasyan, 30, and Robert Arakelyan, 53.

Minister of Emergency Situations Armen Yeritsyan arrived in the scene of the incident while Health Minister Derenik Dumanyan visited the hospital to check up on the condition of the injured.   

Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am