This evening, 28-year-old contractual serviceman Mushegh Abovyan was killed on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. Spokesperson of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia Artsrun Hovhannisyan confirmed the news during a conversation with Armenian News-NEWS.am.

In an interview with Armenian News-NEWS.am, head of Koghb village Arsen Aghababyan said the deceased serviceman was from his village and died from a firearm injury in the head area.