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YEREVAN, JUNE 8, Soldier of the Defense Army of Artsakh Gevorg Khachatryan, born in 1998, received a gunshot wound by the Azerbaijani fire on June 7, at 23:30, in one of the military units located in the northern direction of the Defense Army, Artsakh’s defense ministry told Armenpress.
The soldier has been transported to the military hospital.
Investigation is underway to clarify the details of the incident.
YEREVAN, MAY 3, ARMENPRESS. The Yerevan Police release details over the armed assault on the HSBC bank’s branch located in the Komitas avenue-Gyulbenkyan street intersection, reports Armenpress.
The Police were notified about the armed assault on May 3, at 14:25. It was found out that an unknown man armed with a knife, grenade and a rifle, entered the bank, wounded two employees, one of whom died. The man has stolen money and escaped, but not so far. The criminal also wounded the police officers who arrived in the scene, but he was quickly neutralized and transported to police.
The details of the incident are being clarified.
Investigation is underway.
An ethnic Armenian has been injured as a result of Turkey’s operation in Syria’s Afrin. Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tigran Balayan has confirmed the news.
According to preliminary information, he was injured after a bomb fell on his house.
Turkey on Saturday launched an air and ground campaign into Afrin, a Kurdish-controlled enclave in northwestern Syria.
The Turkish operation aims to oust from Afrin a militia made up of an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 fighters affiliated with the People’s Protection Units or YPG, a Syrian Kurdish group that has controlled territory in northern Syria and proven effective in fighting the Islamic State group.
Turkey considers the YPG to be a terrorist organization and an extension of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party or PKK, which has fought for Kurdish autonomy in Turkey.
Photo from Mutlu Civiroglu's Twitter page.
An Armenian contract serviceman was wounded in Azerbaijan‘s cross-border fire near the town of Ijevan on Tuesday, August 1.
“The soldier was take to Ijevan medical center,” Aysor.am cited defense ministry press secretary Artsrun Hovhannisyan as saying.
The injured serviceman’s condition is assessed as stable.
Another Armenian contract serviceman from the village of Paravakar was wounded in Azerbaijan’s fire in Tavush province on Friday.
Nagorno-Karabakh servicemen wounded
Three servicemen of the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) Defense Army have been injured in intensive Azerbaijani ceasefire violations reported since Friday morning.
The heavy shellings saw the adversary shoot fire from firearms and heavy launchers (122-mm howitzer D-30 аnd 85 mm divisional gun D-44 ), and mortars and grenade launchers of different calibers.
The affected servicemen have been identified as Robert N Gasparyan (48), Hambardzum J Harutyunyan (20) and Vahe G Badalyan (19). All the three have received fragmentary injuries.
The frontline military units of the Defense Army have initiated retaliatory action to suppress the proactive raids.
In an official statement condemning the attacks, Nagorno-Karabakh’s Ministry of Defense blames the Azerbaijani authorities for military actions destabilizing the situation along the Line of Contact.
An Armenian TV cameraman was wounded in Azerbaijan’s shelling of Nagorno Karabakh positions on Wednesday, May 10, at around 6:00 pm.
According to Shant TV, their crew and the car they were travelling in fell under the Azeri fire as the rival employed large-caliber rifles.
The cameraman underwent surgery overnight, his condition is deemed stable.
More than 65 ceasefire violations by Azerbaijan were registered on the contact line with Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) on May 10 and the following night, with around 1700 shots fired from various caliber firearms.
Besides, movement of military eqipment by the Azerbaijani side was registered on May 10, involving around 10 tanks which returned to their initial positions later in the day.
Hayk Hambardzumyan
YEREVAN. – The serviceman, who sustained a gunshot wound at a Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR/Artsakh) Defense Army position on October 7, is in serious but stable condition.
The Ministry of Defense of Armenia Central Clinical Military Hospital, in capital city Yerevan, informed the aforesaid to Armenian News-NEWS.am.
They also noted that Hayk Hambardzumyan, 20, was wounded in the chest, and his liver was damaged.
On Monday, the wounded soldier was transferred from the NKR capital city Stepanakert Military Hospital to Yerevan, by a helicopter.
Hambardzumyan is from Yerevan. His mother is dead, and he lives with his father and elder sister.
As reported earlier, Hayk Hambardzumyan was wounded at a protection area of an NKR Defense Army unit located in a southerly direction of the line of contact, and as a result of the shots fired by the Azerbaijani armed forces.
The Defense Army had informed Armenian News-NEWS.am that an investigation is underway to find out the details of this incident.
Syrian rebel groups continue the armed occupation of Aleppo, conducting airstrikes against the city’s Armenian districts.
Recent rocket attacks have targeted the neighborhoods Nor Kyugh, Suleymaniye and Telefon Haua, says Zarmik Chilaposhyan, the editor of the local Armenian newspaper Gandzasar.
No deaths are reported.
YEREVAN. – As of 10 a.m, 14 people — six police officers and three armed group members — receive treatment at hospitals as a result of the armed clash and ensuing developments in the territory of the seized police regiment in Yerevan.
The Health Ministry representatives told Armenian News – NEWS.am that one law enforcement officer and two armed group members were brought to Yerevan’s Erebouni Medical Center with firearm wounds as a result of the night shootout. After undergoing an operation, the wounded armed group members have been placed in the intensive care unit. Their condition is critical but stable.
The hospitalized policeman is currently in a hospital ward; his condition is satisfactory.
The condition of the policeman hospitalized on July 17 is critical but stable, obvious positive dynamics being observed.
Necessary medical assistance is provided to the wounded in all the hospitals.
Two of the armed group members have been moved to a penitentiary clinic. None of the rally participants has so far sought medical assistance in hospitals.
A contract serviceman of Nagorno-Karabakh’s Defense Army was wounded in a military post in a series of intensive shootings released by Azerbaijan’s armed forces after midnight.
According to Nagorno-Karabakh’s Ministry of Defense, adversary committed a total of 18 ceasefire violations overnight, releasing 200 gunshots from sniper weapons.
The injured serviceman, Mher V Ziloyan, 25, was immediately hospitalized. His condition is estimated as satisfactory.
A probe has been launched into the incident. The advance military troops of the Defense Army keep the situation on the frontline under control, continuing their military vigil.