The three Armenian military servicemen, who were killed in action during the recent act of sabotage by the Azerbaijani armed forces, will be laid to rest on Sunday and with a military funeral.

Arshak Harutyunyan will be buried at the Yerablur Military Pantheon in Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan, whereas Eduard Hayrapetyan will be interred at his family burial ground in Ashtarak city.

Hakob Khachatryan, who was from the Kashatagh Region of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), will be laid to final rest in his native village.

As reported earlier, an enhanced team from Azerbaijan’s special military detachment launched an attack, on Thursday at around 8:30am, on the NKR Defense Army positions stationed in a northerly (Gyulistan) direction.

As a result of the skirmish that lasted about two hours, the Armenian military position holders and the relief forces compelled the adversary to flee. Subsequently, they pursued the said Azerbaijani military team and completely crushed them nearby their own military position.

Unfortunately, NKR Defense Army servicemen Hakob Khachatryan (born in 1996), Eduard Hayrapetyan (born in 1995), and Arshak Harutyunyan (born in 1995) died, and four others were wounded while confronting the adversary.

Nagorno-Karabakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan bestowed posthumous awards upon the three fallen soldiers.