YEREVAN. – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Defense Army officer Sargis Gabrielyan has been discharged from the Armenian Ministry of Defense Central Clinical Military Hospital in Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia.

Hospital Director Aram Asaturyan told about the aforementioned to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

To note, Gabrielyan was wounded on March 19 while defending against an Azerbaijani military infiltration attempt.

Asaturyan also informed that the soldier is currently on vacation, and the matter has not yet been discussed as to whether he will continue his military service.

“The condition of the other two wounded [servicemen], Edgar Martirosyan and Gor Darmanyan, is better, too, but they still will remain in hospital,” Aram Asaturyan added.

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. One of these wounded soldiers, Samvel Hakobyan (born in 1995), died in hospital on March 26.