A 20-year-old soldier of the NKR Defense Army, Gevorg A. Haroutiunyan, was killed in a mine explosion at about 3:00pm on August 2 while on duty at his army unit, according to the NKR Defense Army.
"Investigation is underway to verify the circumstances of the incident," the source reports. The Defense Army shares the pain of the family of the killed soldier and expresses its support to them.
On the night of August 2 - 3, the Azerbaijani forces used small arms of various calibers on the Line of Contact firing more than 350 shots and violating the ceasefire 31 times, the Defense Army reports.