Teens injured in Yerevan bus blast undergo surgeryApril 26, 2016 - 13:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The condition of passengers injured in a bus blast in Yerevan is assessed as stable, Armenia's health ministry said. The 14 and 15-yeal-old teens underwent surgery, with doctors managing to save a limb of one of them. Both of them were transferred to the intensive care unit. Addressing reporters, Health Minister Armen Muradyan said the lives of all the injured passengers are out of danger. The kids underwent a necessary post-operative examination, their condition assessed as critical but stable. The teens have already regained consciousness but one of them is still placed on mechanical ventilation. They are expected to undergo rehabilitation and plastic surgeries, doctors said. 2 people were killed and 8 more were injured on Monday, April 25, at around 9:50pm, as a blast hit a bus on Yerevan, Armenia's Halabyan street. According to a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent, an item inside a Bogdan bus exploded. The driver of the vehicle survived the blast, suggesting the blast originated in the middle of the bus. Extensive investigative measures are underway in the framework of the criminal case opened following the explosion of a passenger bus in Armenia’s capital, Yerevan. In the interests of the investigation, however, the details are not disclosed, the Investigative Committee said as it answered a question about whether there are detainees or suspects at the moment. Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia. Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements. Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |