YEREVAN. – Armenia's Investigation Committee has opened a criminal case in connection with the killing of three Armenian soldiers by Azerbaijani side.

As reported earlier, an enhanced team from Azerbaijan’s special military detachment launched an attack, on Thursday on the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (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) bravely died and four other soldiers were wounded while confronting the adversary, the NKR Ministry of Defense reported.