On 23 July President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree according to which the medal “For Service in Battle” was posthumously awarded to serviceman of the NKR Defense Army’s N military unit Arsen Arakelyan for courage shown during the defence of the NKR state border.
Arsen Arakelyan was killed as a result of shooting from the Azerbaijani side this morning.
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