STEPANAKERT, NKR (A.W.)—Twenty-one-year-old Armenian serviceman Vardan Arakelyan (b. 1995) was killed at a protection area of a military unit located in the southern direction of the Nagorno-Karabagh Republic (NKR/Artsakh) Line of Contact (LoC) on Nov. 13, at around 2:15 p.m. local time. According to a statement released by the Defense Ministry, it is still unclear how Arakelyan was killed.
“An investigation is underway to find out the details of the incident,” read a part of the ministry statement. The Ministry of Defense also offered condolences and expressed support for the fallen soldier’s family, friends, and comrades.
Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire regime more than 60 times on Nov. 12-13, using various caliber weaponry, the ministry reported in a separate statement.
Arakelyan’s death comes less than three weeks after another Armenian serviceman, Gurgen Ayvazyan (b. 1996), was killed by Azerbaijani fire on Oct. 26, at a protection area of a military unit located in the northeastern direction of the NKR LoC.
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