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STEPANAKERT. – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) President Bako Sahakyan on Tuesday has signed a decree.

Accordingly, Private Arsen Karapetyan of the NKR Defense Army has been posthumously awarded the Medal for Service in Battle, and in recognition of his bravery shown during the defense of the NKR state borders.

Armenian News-NEWS.am has learned the aforementioned from the Central Information Department of the Office of the NKR President.

As reported earlier, the adversary violated the ceasefire on the Line of Contact between the Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces around 200 times, between Monday and early Tuesday morning.

During this time, more than 3,000 shots were fired in the direction of Armenian military positions, and by way of rifle weaponry, mine throwers and grenade launchers, the NKR Defense Army reported.

As a result of these ceasefire violations, however, military serviceman Arsen Karapetyan, 20, sustained a fatal gunshot wound by the adversary,

The soldier was mortally wounded in the line of duty of a protection area of an NKR Defense Army unit, which is stationed in an easterly direction.

An investigation is underway to find out the details of the incident, reported the NKR Ministry of Defense press service.

The Defense Army vanguard units, on the other hand, took necessary measures to quell the adversary’s “activeness,” and they continue to control the tactical operational situation along the entire length of the Line of Contact.

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