PanARMENIAN.Net – An Armenian serviceman was killed with 3 more injured in an Azeri shelling on Armenian territory.
The incident occurred Tuesday, October 22 at Paravakar section of Berd-Ijevan highway (Tavush province bordering with Azerbaijan.) People in the military as well as civil vehicles were injured.
The shelling left Gagik Poghosyan, born 1994, dead, with his peers, Araik Zhahmaryan and Martin Petrosyan injured. The representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk has been informed of the incident.
Armenian Defense Ministry issued a statement stressing that Azeri step won’t remain unresponded, with instigators to be held responsible.
Over 14000 ceasefire violations by Azeri armed forces were reported at the contact line in 2012. Azerbaijan fired over 68700 shots from various caliber weapons towards Karabakh positions, with intensified instances of ceasefire violations reported during state holidays and special events.
914 ceasefire violations were registered in December 2012 when Azerbaijan fired over 170 shots from sniper weapons, with 6 shots fired from large-caliber sniper weapons.
About 1000 ceasefire violations by Azerbaijan were reported in November, with 210 shots fired from sniper weapons.
The number of ceasefire violations by Azeris in October totaled 1050, in September – 1185, in August – 1161 and over 1300 and 3750 in July and June respectively.