STEPANAKERT. – Karen Karapetyan (born in 2000), a serviceman in the Defense Army of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic/NKR), sustained a fatal gunshot wound Tuesday.

The soldier died at around 6:50am, at the combat position of a military unit, and under still undetermined circumstances,

Press service of the Artsakh Ministry of Defense informed Armenian News-NEWS.am that an investigation is underway to find out the details of this incident.