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Published on May 08, 2008
BOMB DEFUSED IN CENTER OF YEREVAN
- On May 8, at 9.40 a.m. local time, the central department of RA Police received an alert on a suspicious-looking mechanism lying in front of a dwelling house in Mashtots Avenue. The Police’s press office reported that the special service officers found an explosive assembly in a carton and defused it. Investigation is underway.
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BOMB DEFUSED IN CENTER OF YEREVAN
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