THREE ARMENIAN SOLDIERS REPORTEDLY WOUNDED IN AZERI CEASE-FIRE VIOLATIONS

Arminfo
26 Apr 06

Yerevan, 26 April: Three Armenian soldiers were wounded as a result
of a cease-fire violation by the Azerbaijani side.

A soldier of a military unit stationed in the village of Vayk, Pte
Arut Manucharyan, 19, was wounded as the Azerbaijani side opened
fire at 1140 [0640 gmt] today. He was called up from Armenia’s Nairi
District in 2005. The soldier’s state of health is satisfactory,
the press secretary of the Armenian Defence Ministry, Col Seyran
Shakhsuvaryan, has told Arminfo.

Two Armenian soldiers of a military unit stationed in Idzhevan
District, Narek Ovannisyan, 20, called up from Ashtarak District,
and Gor Abramyan, 20, called up from Yerevan’s Mashtots District,
were wounded as a result of a cease-fire violation at 2040 [1540]
yesterday. Ovannisyan was taken from an Idzhevan hospital to Yerevan
this morning, while Abramyan was taken to hospital in Vanadzor
District. The two soldiers’ state of health is satisfactory.

In both cases, the Armenian side did not return fire. Shakhsuvaryan
also denied the Azerbaijani media report accusing Armenia of violating
the cease-fire regime.