Azeri sniper kills Armenian soldier
November 19, 2011 – 14:36 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – The situation at the contact line between the
Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijanis armed forces remains strained. Over
the past week, Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire 150 times, firing
1000 shots from various caliber weapons, NKR defense army press
service reports.
Special activity at contact line was observed on November 13 and 19
with over 500 shots fired, 70 out of which from sniper rifles.
As a result of ceasefire violation by the Azerbaijani side,
19-year-old NKR defense army conscript Armen Simonyan was killed by a
sniper shot during military duty on November 19, 8.40 am by local
time. Investigation is underway.
Besides, over the past week Azerbaijani drones making reconnaissance
flights were reported.
From: Baghdasarian
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