Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia has refuted the version of terror attack related to the bus explosion incident on April 25 in Halabyan Street.
As the press-service of the Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia reports as a result of the operational procedures and investigation activities conducted by the National Security Service of Armenia the version of terror attack spread in local and international mass media was refuted.
"All the versions proposed during the investigation are being considered. However, currently the version of a terror attack has been refuted", reads the statement. To note, two were killed and seven were wounded in a late night explosion on April 25 in Halabyan Street not far from the center of Yerevan. According to the Investigative Committee of Armenia, it was a Bogdan bus serving the No.63 public transport route. According to the source, at the moment of explosion, there were 9 passengers in the bus besides the driver.
The bus operated on diesel. A woman was hospitalized earlier in the morning. Aregnaz S. Galechyan (1955) left the scene after the explosion, but felt badly later and was taken to hospital. The two injured boys Roland S. Khojayan (2001) and Edgar A. Gasparyan (2002) underwent surgery and their lives are no longer in danger. The other injured passengers are receiving the necessary treatment at hospital now. One of the killed was identified. The identity of the second killed passenger is being verified.
Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia initiated a case on the basis of Article 279.3 of the Criminal Code of Armenia (negligently caused human death). The Special Cases Department of the Investigative Committee is in charge of the case.