Fellow soldier has confessed to killing a Russian serviceman in Armenia’s second city of Gyumri, where the Russian Military Base #102 is stationed.

“According to preliminary information, the murder could be a result of a conflict with fellow serviceman,” Interfax reports, quoting the press service of the Southern Military District.

Soldier of the Russian Military Base identified as Ivan Novikov was stabbed to death this morning near the Mother Armenia monument in Gyumri.