Former Yerevan police chief killed in Russia explosion
Former Chief of Yerevan Police, Major-General Ashot Karapetyan has died in the wake of an explosion in Russia on Thursday.
The explosion ripped through a private brewery in the southern Russian town of Pyatigorsk in Stavropol region at around 7am, TASS reported, citing the Russian Emergencies Ministry.
The blast was followed by a fire, the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry said two bodies were recovered after the fire had been extinguished. The firefighting effort involved 30 personnel and ten pieces of equipment.
According to Armenian media reports, the second victim of the explosion is Ashot Karapetyan's uncle.