Shelling from a grenade launcher. Photo © Sputnik / STR
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16 June 2017, 22:13

NKR reports death of three soldiers

Regular service soldiers Araik Matinyan, Vigen Petrosyan and Vardan Sargsyan were killed as a result of shelling by Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) reports.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that today Azerbaijan announced the death of a soldier, who was killed "while suppressing a provocation of Armenian Armed Forces."

The above soldiers Araik Matinyan, Vigen Petrosyan and Vardan Sargsyan, all born in 1997, were at the defensive point and were killed by shelling from anti-tank grenade launchers.

An inquiry is underway to clarify all the details, the NKR's MoD reports.

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

Author: Alvard Grigoryan Source: CK correspondent

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