STEPANAKERT. – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Defense Army Senior Lieutenant Harutyun Safaryan was mortally wounded as a result of a land mine explosion on Monday.   

Safaryan (born in 1987) was mortally wounded while conducting a combat mission at the military base of the protection area of a Defense Army unit stationed in the southern direction of the Line of Contact between the Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces, the Defense Army news service informed.        

An investigation is carried out find out the details of the incident.