Epress.am News from Armenia
On the night of December 17 Azerbaijani armed forces made an attempt to cross the line of contact between the armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh (NKR) and Azerbaijan, reports the press service of the NKR defense ministry. As a result of the exchange of fire between the two military forces, 19-year-old NKR Defense Army soldiers Aghasi A Grigoryan and Ruben R Aleksanyan received fatal gunshot wounds reportedly shot by the opponent.
NKR military authorities also reported that contract soldier Gor V Ohanyan, 23, received a fatal gunshot wound late in the evening on Thursday, December 17, at one of the military units stationed in the northern direction of the Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army.
An investigation is underway to uncover the circumstances of the incident.