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Armenia hands over body of Azerbaijani serviceman to his homeland

February 5, 2017 By administrator

The Armenian authorities have handed over the body of dead Azerbaijani serviceman Chingiz Gurbanov to his homeland through the mediation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

The body was handed over at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border on Sunday, the press-service of the Armenian Defese Ministry reports.

Chingiz Gurbanov (born in 1994) was killed on December 29 during the diversionary infiltration attempt initiated by the Azerbaijani side on the border with Armenia. A forensic expert examination of Gurbnov’s body was commissioned within the framework of the infiltration attempt and the death of three Armenian servicemen. Upon the completion of the examination, the body of the Azerbaijani citizen was handed over to his country.

Serviceman Hovhannes Poghosyan wonded in Artsakh underwent surgery, he is in critical condition, Zorik Saghyan says

May 15, 2016 By administrator

f573740a968b15_573740a968b53.thumb Serviceman Hovhannes Poghosyan who has been wounded in Artsakh is in extremely critical condition, Head of Stepanakert Central Military Hospital, Zorik Saghyan told Panorama.am.

Saghyan said that the serviceman underwent surgery and is in the intensive care unit. Hovhannes Poghosyan, 21 was wounded on the brain.

“The soldier will be moved to Yerevan when his condition improves,” Saghyan said.

To remind, from afternoon May 13 till the night of May 14 tensions maintained on the Line of Contact between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan, NKR Defense Army reports.

According to the source, the adversary continued violating the arrangement to cease the fire using 60 mm (53 shells), 82 mm (142 shells) mortars, AGS-17 (30 shells), RPG-7 type (2 shells) grenade launchers as well as ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft auto cannon (30 shots).

In the result of the Azerbaijani violation of the ceasefire arrangement, Karabakh servicemen Hovhannes Eduard Poghosyan, 1995, received gunshot wound in the combat position of the Defense Army military unit located in northern direction.

NKR defense Army Advanced Detachment took up retaliatory actions and suppressed the adversary’s activity.

Azerbaijan holds body of a killed Armenian serviceman: ICRC

April 13, 2016 By administrator

210190 The representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross’ Azerbaijani office told the ICRC Karabakh mission’s representative that the body of one killed Armenian soldier is currently in Azerbaijan.

“Negotiations for the return of the body are currently underway,” chairman of Karabakh’s state commission on prisoners of war, hostages and missing persons, Viktor Kocharyan told Yerkir.am.

“There’s no certain date for the return for now. We are not even sure whether the soldier is Armenian or not, but we do know that we have one missing serviceman.”

The parties to the Karabakh conflict agreed on a bilateral cessation of fire along the contact line which came into force at midday, April 5.

Prior to that, on the night of April 1-2, Azerbaijani armed forces initiated overt offensive operations in the southern, southeastern and northeastern directions of the line of contact with Nagorno Karabakh.

The Armenian side has suffered 75 fatalities, 122 more were wounded.

As of April 5, the Azerbaijani side has lost 26 tanks and 4 infantry fighting vehicles, as well as 1 BM-21 Grad multipl e rocket launcher, 1 engineering vehicle, 2 military helicopters and 14 unmanned aerial vehicles. The Azerbaijani side has admitted the loss of 31 fighters, 1 helicopter and 1 unmanned drone, whereas the Armenian side’s photo and video materials show dozens of killed Azerbaijani troops, 1 helicopter and 3 UAVs. Opposition media outlets, however, reported on the death of 95 Azerbaijani soldiers, stating that 39 more have been wounded. According to Karabakh authorities, 300 Azerbaijani soldiers were killed in clashes.

14 Karabakh tanks have been neutralized since April 2.

Armenian police searching for man suspected of killing Gyumri family

January 12, 2015 By administrator

YEREVAN. – Armenian police are searching for a serviceman of Russian military base Valery Permyakov suspected for murdering a family in Gyumri.

The suspect was on compulsory military service the Russian military unit that is deployed in Armenian city of Gyumri, police said.

In a statement released on Monday, police said they hope for assistance of the citizens and asked those obtaining information to share data about a man on the photo posted below.

As reported earlier, six members of one family were shot dead in Gyumri, a six-month-old baby was wounded.

Karabakh serviceman dies in Azeri sniper attack

October 2, 2014 By administrator

Karabakh serviceman David Navasardyan, was killed in Azeri sniper attack on Monday, Oct 1.

The soldier received a gunshot wound in the head at the military unit of the Nagorno Karabakh defense army. An investigation is underway to clarify the details of the incident.

Over the past three months, repeated Azeri attacks against Armenia and Karabakh have resulted in over 20 deaths at the line of contact.