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Vetsnik Kavkaza, Russia
May 5 2012
No studies of exploded balloons held in Armenia
The Expertise Center of the Justice Ministry of Armenia has not
received requests for expert analysis of the gas-filled balloons that
blew up injuring 154 people, director of the center George Tsaturyan
said on Saturday, RIA Novosti reports.
The balloons exploded at an electoral meeting of the Republican Party
of Armenia at Republic Square, organized for the parliamentary polls
of May 6. 154 people, including 2 children, were injured. 76 of them
are still being treated at hospitals.
Arsen Azizyan, head of the section for material studies of the
Expertise Center, said that helium could not explode. Thus, the gas in
balloons remains a mystery.
Nikolai Grigoryan, deputy head of the Rescue Service of the Ministry
for Emergencies, said that the balloons were filled with helium. So
they could have contained hydrogen or methane.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said that the people responsible for
the accident will be caught and punished.
Healthcare Minister Arutyun Kushkyan said that the people injured are
in satisfactory condition. His press secretary Shushan Unanyan said
that some of the people were injured in the panic caused by the
accident.
May 5 2012
No studies of exploded balloons held in Armenia
The Expertise Center of the Justice Ministry of Armenia has not
received requests for expert analysis of the gas-filled balloons that
blew up injuring 154 people, director of the center George Tsaturyan
said on Saturday, RIA Novosti reports.
The balloons exploded at an electoral meeting of the Republican Party
of Armenia at Republic Square, organized for the parliamentary polls
of May 6. 154 people, including 2 children, were injured. 76 of them
are still being treated at hospitals.
Arsen Azizyan, head of the section for material studies of the
Expertise Center, said that helium could not explode. Thus, the gas in
balloons remains a mystery.
Nikolai Grigoryan, deputy head of the Rescue Service of the Ministry
for Emergencies, said that the balloons were filled with helium. So
they could have contained hydrogen or methane.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said that the people responsible for
the accident will be caught and punished.
Healthcare Minister Arutyun Kushkyan said that the people injured are
in satisfactory condition. His press secretary Shushan Unanyan said
that some of the people were injured in the panic caused by the
accident.