Karen Harutyunyan, father of late Arshak Harutyunyan, 19-year-old Armenian soldier killed as a result of the Azerbaijani diversion, turned to the Ministry of Defense and left to serve on the border. 

Harutyunyan told Armenian News – NEWS.am correspondent that he made the decision after his son's death. “I'm leaving to defend the borders of [our] homeland,” he said.

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, 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.