RA MoD: Serviceman was killed immediately after OSCE monitoring
On May 11 and 12 overnight in the northeastern direction of the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border the Azerbaijani side again fired sporadic shots from different caliber rifle and sniper weapons toward the Armenian positions. The RA Armed forces confidently keep the border situation under control and take retaliatory actions only in case of targeted violations by the adversary. According to the operative information of the NKR DA, on May 11 starting from 19:30 until early hours of May 12 the adversary violated the verbally agreed ceasefire agreement firing from weapons of different caliber including grenade launchers and mortars. On May 11 at about 20:00 in one of the military units stationed in the northern direction of the DA, serviceman Armen Hrayr Martirosyan (born in 1996) received a fatal gunshot wound by adversary’s shot. Investigation is underway to find out details of the incident. The NKR Ministry of Defense shares the heavy grief of the loss and expresses its support to the family, relatives and fellow servicemen of the killed soldier. As a result of the retaliatory actions initiated by the DA vanguard units, the adversary’s activity was quelled. It is notable that the incident happened immediate several hours after the OSCE monitoring in the NKR Martakert region on the same day, which proves that the Azerbaijani side neglects the mediation efforts directed to the resolution of the NK issue and once again states the necessity of the immediate investment of the investigation mechanisms of incidents. RA MoD
