Two Armenian Soldiers Shot Dead

Two Armenian soldiers have been killed at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border as a result of Azerbaijani fire. Spokesperson for the Defense Minister Artsrun Hovhannisyan told CivilNet that one soldier died at a military base in Karabakh on June 19, while another was killed on June 20 in the Ararat region. The spokesperson did not provide any further details, and stated that an investigation is underway.

“We will investigate and disclose the circumstances,” said Artsrun Hovhannisyan.

Armenia’s Defense Ministry later issued an official statement, where it confirmed that Private Grisha Khachatryan, born in 1994, was fatally shot at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border on June 20.

Two weeks earlier, on June 5, Andranik Yeghoyan, born 1988, and Boris Gasparyan, born 1992, were killed by sniper fire near the Southern portion of the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border.