STEPANAKERT. - Karabakh President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree today according to which serviceman of the Nagorno-Karabagh Republic (NKR) Defense Army's N division Vardan Vardanyan was posthumously awarded with the "For Service in Battle" medal for bravery shown during the defense of the NKR state border, Karabakh President’s press-service reports.

Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Defense Army contract military serviceman Vardan Vardanyan (born in 1994) sustained a fatal gunshot wound on Friday at around 8:50am.

Vardanyan was killed at a protection area of a Defense Army unit located in an easterly direction as a result of the ceasefire violation by Azerbaijan. 

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