YEREVAN. An Armenian civilian was killed in the line of contact of Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces on May 11 as a result of ceasefire violation by Azerbaijani armed forces.

Arayik Balasanyan, 33-year-old occupant of  Kyuratagh village, Hadrut region of Nagorno-Karabakh, received a gunshot wound in the head, while operating a tractor at 6:05 p.m. Harutyunyan died on the way to Hadrut hospital at 7:20 p.m.

The details of the incident are being clarified, the press service of NKR Defense Ministry informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Azerbaijani armed forces regularly violate the ceasefire regime in different directions of the contact line. The Azerbaijani side fired at Karabakh positions 400 times only within the recent two days.