Armenia Accuses Azerbaijan Of Killing Contract Serviceman

ARMENIA ACCUSES AZERBAIJAN OF KILLING CONTRACT SERVICEMAN
by Tigran Liloyan

ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
December 19, 2006 Tuesday

An Armenian contract serviceman was killed by an Azerbaijani sniper
on Monday evening, Armenian Defense Ministry press secretary Col.
Seiran Shakhsuvarian told Itar-Tass on Tuesday.

Sgt. Ruben Tamrazian, 39, came from Dilizhan. He was stationed in
the Idzhevan district in northeastern Armenia bordering on Azerbaijan.

The sergeant was shot in the heart and died instantly, the spokesman
said.

Baku has made no comments.