“Four people were detained as part of a criminal investigation into the explosion in the Surmalu shopping center,” the statement said.

Earlier, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia Artyush Grigoryan announced the complete elimination of the fire on the territory of the wholesale market in Yerevan.

According to the latest data, the death toll in the explosion at the Surmalu market in Yerevan has reached 16.