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YEREVAN. – Armenian military serviceman Arayik Babayan, 19, was killed on Thursday at around 1:10pm on the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR)-Azerbaijan Line of Contact, and he had died as a result of a sniper fire, the Armenian News-NEWS.am sources informed.

According to our information, Babayan was enlisted in the army in Spring 2013. 

The incident occurred in Martuni Region in the NKR. The soldier had died on the spot, and as a result of a fatal gunshot wound he had sustained to his head.

Armenia MOD Investigation Service Senior Officer Meri Sargsyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am that a criminal case is opened on the incident, and on charges of murder on the grounds of national, racial or religious hatred, or religious bigotry.

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