Azeri Fire Kills Third Armenian Soldier Over 4-Day Period – Official

Nagorno Karabakh (NKR) Defense Ministry reported Saturday that Armenian soldier Karen Grigoryan, 20, received a fatal bullet wound from a shot fired by an Azeri sniper at around 9 pm Friday at the military positions of a NKR Defense Army unit deployed in the Eastern direction of the line of contact between NKR and Azerbaijani forces.

As reported by Karabakh authorities, three other Armenian military servicemen were shot dead by Azeri fire in Karabakh over the past week: 24-year-old Garik Avanesyan and 21-year-old Vardan Vardanyan were fatally wounded on December 8 and on December 11, respectively, while 20-year-old Erik Grigoryan received a fatal gunshot wound on December 4 – his demobilization day.

Note, Armenian Defense Minister said in a news conference on December 6 that tensions have escalated once again on the line of contact, leaving 3 soldiers wounded in the December 4-6 period.