YEREVAN. – Levon Andreasyan, 85, who was wounded on Wednesday by Azerbaijani sniper shots and in Movses village of Armenia’s Tavush Region, has been operated on.

MOD Central Clinical Military Hospital Director Aram Asaturyan told about the aforesaid to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

He added that the surgery went successfully, and the elderly man is now kept in the intensive care unit.

“We are keeping him in the intensive care unit for safety reasons; to avoid potential complications,” Asaturyan noted. “At any rate, his [health] condition corresponds to the surgery he underwent. It is likely that he will be transferred to a [hospital] ward on February 9.”

Levon Andreasyan had sustained a knee and leg hip fracture.

The elderly man was wounded by an Azerbaijani sniper while working on his garden, and a criminal case has opened on the incident.