21/01/2015 12:00
Azerbaijan attempts new subversive act, Armenian serviceman killed
A serviceman of Defense Army of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic was killed as a result of a ceasefire violation by Azerbaijan on the night of January 21.
The press service of NKR Defense Ministry said that at 3 am on January 21 Azerbaijani troops made a subversive-reconnaissance attempt of infiltration in the Karvachar defense direction of the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Karabakh and Azerbaijan.
Armenian frontline units noticed in time the enemy’s actions and stopped the advance. The Azerbaijani special mission detachment suffered losses and was thrown back to the previous positions. Armenian serviceman Nahapet Asatryan, 33, was killed in battle, serviceman Hovhannes Gasparyan, 42, was wounded.