STEPANAKERT. – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Defense Army serviceman Samvel Hakobyan (born in 1995) has died, on Thursday at around 9:40am, at the Central Military Hospital of the NKR capital city of Stepanakert.

Hakobyan had sustained a severe wound to his head on March 19, and while defending against an Azerbaijani military infiltration attempt.

As reported earlier, an enhanced team from Azerbaijan’s special military detachment launched an attack, on March 19 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, however, 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.