YEREVAN, OCTOBER 15, ARMENPRESS. A criminal case has been filed over the food poisoning case in a school in Armenia’s Artashat town.

The Investigative Committee told Armenpress that according to the preliminary data the school-children have been poisoned by the food being sold in the cafeteria of that school.

“At the moment there are nearly 19 children in the hospital. A criminal case has been launched over the incident”, the statement said, adding that the investigators are working at the scene and in the hospital.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan