Karabakh soldier dies in military position

On July 18, around 7:00 am, an Armenian soldier, Gevorg Avagyan, 20, received a fatal gunshot wound in a frontline position of a military unit in the southern direction of the Line of Contact of Nagorno-Karabakh’s and Azerbaijan’s armed forces, the press service of the NKR Defense Ministry reports.

An investigation is underway.

The NKR Defense Ministry shares the grief and conveys sympathy to the family, relatives and fellow servicemen of the soldier.