Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “Armenia’s capital Yerevan hit by deadly explosion” – below is their description.
At least one person has been killed and an unknown number of people are feared trapped in rubble after a strong explosion ripped through a retail market in Armenia’s capital Yerevan, according to officials.
Rescue workers were working to pull people out of the rubble, Levon Sardaryan, a spokesman for the Yerevan mayor, told The Associated Press news agency.
Maria Titizian, a journalist based in Yerevan, said the market building has crashed and is still burning. The casualty figures are expected to increase, she said.
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