July 23, 2016 - 16:17 AMT
Karabakh soldier killed in Azeri cross-border fire

On Saturday, July 23, at around 10:55 am, a Nagorno Karabakh soldier, Arsen Arakelyan received a fatal gunshot wound in the Azerbaijani fire along the contact line.

An investigation into the details of the incident is underway.

On the night of July 22-23, at around 12:10 am, a Nagorno Karabakh conscript soldier, Mher Ziloyan (b. 1991) was wounded in the Azerbaijani fire.

The serviceman was immediately hospitalized, his condition is assessed as satisfactory. An investigation into the details of the incident is underway.

18 ceasefire violations by the Azerbaijani army were registered along the contact line with Nagorno Karabakh in the reporting period.