STEPANAKERT. – On September 7, NKR Defense Army soldier Hayk Mkrtchyan died from the shots fired by military serviceman Lendrush Nazlukhanyan, in violation of the rules on handling weapons, NKR Defense Army’s press service informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Investigation Service of the Armenian MOD has launched a criminal case into the affair, and an inquiry is underway.   

The 19-year-old Mkrtchyan, who was recruited from Etchmiadzin, Armenia, was killed at 7 a.m. at a military unit in Askeran, NKR.