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

AZERBAIJANI SNIPER SHOOTS DOWN ARMENIAN SOLDIER

The situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani frontier near the villages
of Berkaber (Tavush region of Armenia) and Mizamlu (Kazakh
administrative district of Azerbaijan) remains tense. As was reported
by spokesperson for the Defense Ministry of Armenia, Colonel Seiran
Shakhsuvaryan, on June 21 an Azerbaijani sniper shot down a
contract-based Armenian soldier Radik Avetisyan. On June 14 platoon
leader Lieutenant Samvel Vshtunts was killed in the same area. (…)

Source: News agency Regnum, 23.06.2004

Translated by Sergei Kolosov