Interfax, Russia
March 2 2010

Armenia blames Azerbaijan for death of its serviceman

YEREVAN March 2

The Armenian Defense Ministry has blamed Azerbaijan for the death of
Sgt. Sarkis Voskanian, who was killed at the contact line between the
Armenian and Azeri armed forces on Tuesday.

Voskanian died as a result of "a shot from the enemy side," the
Armenian Defense Ministry told Interfax on Tuesday.

"Sarkis Voskanian, born in 1981, a machine-gun section commander,
suffered a fatal wound to his head after a shot from the enemy side
near the village of Chinar," it said.

An investigation has been opened into the serviceman’s death.