Weapons and military uniform, Nagorny Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Griroryan for the Caucasian Knot.

01 September 2017, 18:13

A soldier blown up on a mine in Nagorno-Karabakh

Today, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh has reported that 19-year-old Hayk Khachatryan got a fatal wound in a mine explosion.

According to the Nagorno-Karabakh MoD, the incident has occurred today at about 11:50 a.m. local time.

"Soldier Hayk Gagikovich Khachatryan, born in 1998, got a fatal wound as a result of a mine explosion at one of the defensive sections of the Defence Army stationed in the eastern direction," the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has been told by the spokesman for the Nagorno-Karabakh MoD.

According to him, "an investigation is underway to find out the circumstances of the incident."

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.

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