All six persons who died in Sunday’s powerful explosion at the Surmalu shopping center in Yerevan have been identified. Armenian News-NEWS.am has learned about this from the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) of Armenia.

The MES has released the names of all of them; they are: Misak Margaryan, Anahit Mkhitaryan, Jemma Nazaryan, Anahit Khalatyan, Vardan Kocharyan, and Gayane Avetisyan.

According to the latest information, 15 others are being searched for as a result of the explosion.

The Ministry of Health reported that 21 victims of this explosion continue to be treated at various hospitals, and they are in moderate condition.

We reported earlier that at 1:23pm on Sunday, the National Crisis Management Center received a report that an explosion had occurred at the Surmalu shopping center in Yerevan. According to preliminary data, there was an explosion and an ensuing fire. There are six casualties, and the number of injured exceeds sixty.

Criminal proceedings have been launched into this strong explosion.