As a result of the explosion in the "Surmalu" shopping center in Yerevan, the number of dead has reached 16.

APA reports with reference to the Armenian mass media that the press secretary of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Ayk Kostanyan, made a statement about this.

He added that only 6 of the dead have been identified.

"Another 17 people are on the list of missing persons," said Ayk Kostanyan.