Another armed incident occurred in the contact line of Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces.

On December 1, at 2:10 p.m. Azerbaijani snipers wounded Armenian contract soldier Samvel Nikolyan in his shoulder on defensive positions of Bardzruni village, when soldiers were conducting maintenance works in a dug-out.

Nikolyan was taken to Yerevan military hospital. At the moment, his health state is esteemed as satisfactory.  He is a resident of Malishka village, Vayots Dzor region.

An investigation was launched in the Investigations Department under Armenian Defense Ministry, Spokesman for Armenian Defense Ministry David Karapetyan informed NEWS.am.