12 February 2016, 13:00
Shepherd killed in Karabakh conflict zone
A resident of the village of Vazgenashen, Martuni District of Nagorno-Karabakh, was fatally wounded by a sniper's shot from the Azerbaijani side, the Karabakh Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.
According to the MoD, the 54-year-old Akop Ambartsumyan was killed on February 11 from a sniper's rifle. He was pasturing a flock of sheep near the territory of the community Vazgenashen, Andranik Babayan, the head of the community, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. The man worked as a shepherd, hired by a private individual.
According to Babayan, the Ambarysumyan family has two daughters; and he also cared about his old mother.
Today, the press service of the MoD of Nagorno-Karabakh's stated that for the past 24 hours the situation on the contact line with the Azerbaijani troops remained "particularly tense"; and over 4500 shots were recorded there. Azerbaijan has accused the Armenian party of firing 121 shots during this time.
Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.
Author: Alvard Grigoryan Source: CK correspondent
