STEPANAKERT. – Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic/NKR) Defense Army serviceman Vache Chilingaryan (born in 1998) was mortally wounded, on Sunday at around 13:20pm.

The soldier died at a guard station of an Artsakh defense army unit, and as a result of a shot that was fired from the Azerbaijani side.

An investigation is underway to find out the details of this incident, the NKR Ministry of Defense informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.