A helmet of a soldier of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army. Photo https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/karabah/20170710/7899001/armyanskij-voennosluzhashchij-pogib-v-karabahe.html

10 July 2017, 20:09

Soldier killed in Karabakh conflict zone

Vazgen Pogosyan, a soldier of the Defence Army, born in 1997, was killed as a result of shelling from the Azerbaijani side. This was reported by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that today, Azerbaijan accused Armenia of 111 cases of shelling per day. Nagorno-Karabakh accused Azerbaijan of 300 cases of shelling during the period from July 2 to July 8.

According to the Nagorno-Karabakh MoD, Vazgen Pogosyan "got fatal gunshot wound ... as a result of violation of the ceasefire from the Azerbaijani side." The investigation into the incident is underway.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.

See earlier reports:

Armenia's MoD announces death of eight Azerbaijani soldiers, NKR states death of four Azerbaijani servicemen, Azerbaijani MoD releases video with interrogation of captured Armenian soldier.

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