Armenian soldiers killed by Azerbaijan to be buried with military funeral

14:23, 21.03.2015

The three Armenian military servicemen, who were killed in action
during the recent act of sabotage by the Azerbaijani armed forces,
will be laid to rest on Sunday and with a military funeral.

Arshak Harutyunyan will be buried at the Yerablur Military Pantheon in
Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan, whereas Eduard Hayrapetyan will be
interred at his family burial ground in Ashtarak city.

Hakob Khachatryan, who was from the Kashatagh Region of the
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), will be laid to final rest in his
native village.

As reported earlier, an enhanced team from Azerbaijan’s special
military detachment launched an attack, on Thursday at around 8:30am,
on the NKR Defense Army positions stationed in a northerly (Gyulistan)
direction.

As a result of the skirmish that lasted about two hours, the Armenian
military position holders and the relief forces compelled the
adversary to flee. Subsequently, they pursued the said Azerbaijani
military team and completely crushed them nearby their own military
position.

Unfortunately, NKR Defense Army servicemen Hakob Khachatryan (born in
1996), Eduard Hayrapetyan (born in 1995), and Arshak Harutyunyan (born
in 1995) died, and four others were wounded while confronting the
adversary.

Nagorno-Karabakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan bestowed posthumous
awards upon the three fallen soldiers.

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