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Armenian Premier visits people injured in balloon blast

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Armenia's Premier Tigran Sargsyan and Speaker of the National Assembly Samvel Nikoyan today visited hospitals to see the people injured during a balloon explosion in Yerevan last Friday.

Tigran Sargsyan talked to the patients, wishing them quick recovery. The head of the Armenian government was informed that the patients would be discharged from hospitals in the near future.

Some 34 people still remain in hospital after Friday's blast in Yerevan's Liberty Square which occurred during a concert organized by the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK). At least 154 people were hospitalized after the blast with varying injuries.