ARMENIAN SERVICEMAN KILLED

Lragir, Armenia
Dec 19 2006

The press secretary of the minister of defense of Armenia Seyran
Shahsuvaryan told ARKA News Agency that on December 18 at 18.00 Sgt.

Ruben Tamrasyan, 39, was killed by a gunshot from the Azerbaijani
side at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border near Idjevan, Armenia. The
Armenian serviceman was injured in the chest and died soon. The case
is being investigated, Seyran Shahsuvaryan said.