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"There were up to 4 tons of explosive materials in the building." Minister of ES
We have a change in the list of missing persons, now we are looking for 2 citizens, and we also have 16 bodies found, one of which has not been identified. Armenian Minister of Emergency Situations Armen Pambukhchyan said this in a journalist conversation.
According to the minister, the Russian citizen's relatives contacted and said he was operated on for entirely different reasons and is in the hospital.
"If the results of the forensic medical examination of the unidentified person become known and are identified with the missing person, we will have one missing person," Pambukhchyan said.
He mentioned that the search and rescue operations are continuing in the back of the building and the part of the half-built building.
"Currently, there are no flammable materials inside the building. The extinguishing was already there; there was no sign of fire during the day and windy hours. 50-60 percent of the inner part has been cleaned. It is known that there were up to 4 tons of explosive materials in the building before the explosion," said the Minister of ES.
