13:54, 1 August 2014

APA: nine Azerbaijani soldiers lost in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone

A place to pray and lit a candle. Martunin District of Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"

According to unofficial data, on July 31, in a shootout that burst out in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, eight soldiers of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan were killed. Another soldier died on Friday from wounds. Four more wounded soldiers are in the hospital, report the Azerbaijani mass media. The country's Ministry of Defence neither confirms nor denies the information.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on July 31 the Azerbaijani soldier Akhmedov Garayagdy Eldar oglu was killed on the contact line of Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces. Apart from him, seven more people were lost on the contact line.

The APA News Agency reports that today Abdinov Guseyn Etibar oglu died in hospital from received wounds. Currently, four other wounded Azerbaijani soldiers are being treated there.

Earlier, the Armenian party announced the death in a shootout on July 31 of two soldiers of the Army of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The parties in conflict accuse each other of violating the ceasefire and attacks.