STEPANAKERT. – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) President Bako Sahakyan on Wednesday signed a decree.

Accordingly, serviceman Levon Mirzoyan of the NKR Defense Army has been posthumously awarded the Medal for Service in Battle, and in recognition of his bravery shown during the defense of the NKR state borders.

Armenian News-NEWS.am has learned the aforementioned from the Central Information Department of the Office of the NKR President.

As reported earlier, Mirzoyan, 20, sustained a fatal gunshot wound, on Tuesday at around 5:15pm, from an Azerbaijani bullet.

The soldier was mortally wounded in the line of duty of a protection area of an NKR Defense Army unit, which is stationed in an easterly direction.

An investigation is underway to find out the details of the incident, reported the NKR Ministry of Defense.