The sources of Armenian News-NEWS.am have informed that military serviceman Narek Hoveyan, who on Tuesday was wounded in a landmine explosion in the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic/NKR), is at the military hospital in capital city Stepanakert, and he is in very critical condition. 

We have learned that the physicians are doing their best to stabilize the soldier’s condition.

The doctors, however, are not yet considering the option of having him transferred to Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia.

The Republic of Artsakh Defense Army press service earlier informed that Defense Army servicemen Gegham Zakaryan, 22, Sargis Abrahamyan, 19, and Sargis Melikyan, 20, were fatally wounded, on Tuesday at around 6:35pm, as a result of a landmine explosion at the protection area of a Defense Army unit. 

In addition, serviceman Narek Hoveyan, 19, sustained injuries in the blast.

An investigation is underway to find out the details of this incident.