Agency WPS
DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
June 25, 2004, Friday

ARMENIAN SNIPER SHOOTS DOWN AZERBAIJANI OFFICER

On June 22, 7.30 a.m., an Armenian sniper shot down a lieutenant of
the Azerbaijani Army Teimur Panakhov on the Armenian-Azerbaijani
frontline near the village Dashsalakhly, the Gazakh district. The
press service of the Defense Ministry confirmed the death of the
officer. The lieutenant had received a lethal injury to his head. The
victim’s relatives said that the officer had been killed as he tried
to shield his soldiers. (…) According to unofficial data,
skirmishes in Dashsalakhly have been going on and off for two odd
weeks. Several military men have been killed lately in the Gazakh
district.

Source: News agency Turan (Baku), 23.06.2004