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168: Artsakh soldier shot dead in ‘circumstances yet to be determined’

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Artsakh

A 21-year-old soldier of the Artsakh Defense Army has died on March 26 after sustaining a fatal gunshot wound in circumstances that are yet to be determined, the Defense Ministry of Artsakh said in a news release.

Ara Arakelyan, a conscripted serviceman, died on-duty around 18:40 Tuesday in a military base stationed in the north-eastern direction.

The Ministry of Defense of Artsakh extended condolences to the family of the soldier.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS