YEREVAN, October 15. /ARKA/. Nineteen schoolchildren have been hospitalized from a secondary school in the town of Artashat in Ararat province with symptoms of food poisoning. A press officer for the Investigative Committee of Armenia Naira Harutyunyan said the children were in all likelihood poisoned after eating food they bought from the school cafeteria.
She said a criminal case has been instituted on the grounds of Part 2 of Article 279 (production or sale of goods, performance of work or provision of services that do not meet safety requirements) of the Criminal Code of Armenia. -0-
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