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 | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |