Contract military serviceman Karen Grigoryan, who was killed by Azerbaijani sniper fire on December 11, was interred Tuesday in Masis town in the Ararat Province of Armenia, Grigoryan’s neighbor, Never Hayrapetyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

And Artsrun Hovhannisyan, the press secretary of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, informed on his Facebook account that Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, Deputy Minister Ara Nazaryan, and several high-ranking officers from the armed forces also attended the funeral of the fallen soldier.

In addition, Ohanyan presented to Grigoryan’s parents the medal that was posthumously awarded to him by the President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR, or Artsakh), and pointed to Karen’s undying heroism.

As reported earlier, NKR Defense Army serviceman Karen Grigoryan, 20, was fatally wounded on December 11 at around 8:40pm, at a military foothold of a Defense Army unit located in an easterly direction, and as a result of sniper fire by Azerbaijan.

Grigoryan was posthumously awarded the Medal for Service in Battle by NKR President Bako Sahakyan, and in recognition of his bravery shown during the defense of Artsakh’s state border.

Karen Grigoryan was a multiple kickboxing champion of Armenia.