YEREVAN. – Karabakh Defense Army serviceman Samvel Hakobyan will be laid to rest with military honors on Saturday, Martin Avetisyan, head of the community where he was born, told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The serviceman will be buried at a village cemetery in Arevabuys, Avetisyan added.

The solder died on Thursday at the Central Military Hospital of the NKR capital city of Stepanakert. Hakobyan had sustained a severe wound to his head on March 19, while defending against an Azerbaijani military infiltration attempt.